Cardiovascular Surgery

Cardiovascular surgery is a branch of medicine that includes surgical interventions for the treatment and correction of various diseases affecting the cardiovascular system. This field of surgery usually addresses conditions that affect the cardiovascular system, such as coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, aneurysms, and vascular occlusions. Cardiovascular surgeons perform a variety of procedures to improve patients' heart health and solve cardiovascular problems, often using open-heart surgery and closed (minimally invasive) surgery techniques. Open heart surgery is a type of surgery that usually requires opening the chest and is performed to repair or replace structures inside the heart. Complex procedures such as heart valve replacement, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), and heart aneurysm repair fall into this category. On the other hand, minimally invasive surgical techniques have a similar purpose but offer a less invasive approach, using small incisions and endoscopic methods. These methods are characterized by short recovery times and fewer postoperative complications. Cardiovascular surgery is constantly evolving with advanced technological devices and surgical techniques. These developments provide surgeons with access to more effective methods to shorten patients' postoperative recovery periods, treat them with less invasive interventions, and improve surgical outcomes. In this way, cardiovascular surgery successfully helps many patients seeking solutions to cardiovascular health problems.