Category: Cardiac Surgeons
Categories: Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- Landing level category for profiles of persons of this occupation.
Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, and atherosclerosis. It also includes heart transplantation.
Person Profiles (7)
Dorothy Andersen
15 May 1901 Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States - 03 Mar 1963
Christiaan Barnard
08 Nov 1922 Beaufort West, Cape Province, South Africa - 02 Sep 2001
Brian (Boyes) Barratt-Boyes
13 Jan 1924 Wellington, New Zealand - 08 Mar 2006
Denton Cooley
22 Aug 1920 Houston, Harris, Texas, United States - 18 Nov 2016
Richard Mamiya
08 Mar 1925 Kalihi, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States - 27 Aug 2019
Arthur Vineberg
24 Jun 1903 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 26 Mar 1988
Marian Zembala
11 Feb 1950 Krzepice, Kłobuck, Śląskie, Polska - 18 Mar 2022
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