Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Occupation
Names	Doctor, Medical Specialist
Type	Specialty
Activity sectors	Surgery
Description
Education required	Doctor of Medicine
Fields of employment	Hospitals, Clinics
Average salary	▲ USD $436,000 (M.D.)

Cardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of diseases affecting organs inside the thorax (the chest). Generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease) and lungs (lung disease).

Contents 1 Cardiac / Thoracic 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Cardiac / Thoracic

Cardiac surgery (involving the heart and great vessels) and thoracic surgery (involving the lungs and any other thoracic organ) are separate surgical specialties, except in the USA, where they are frequently grouped together, so that a surgeon training in the cardiothoracic specialty will receive a broader but less specialized experience in both fields.

[edit] See also

• Cardiac surgery
• Thoracic surgery
• Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
• Surgeons
• Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery

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