WebCardiac 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, …

WebCardiothoracic surgery is the field of medicine involved in surgical treatment of organs inside the thoracic cavity — generally treatment of conditions of the heart (heart disease), lungs (lung disease), and other pleural or mediastinal structures.. In most countries, cardiothoracic surgery is further subspecialized into cardiac surgery (involving the heart …

WebCardiac muscle (also called heart muscle or myocardium) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues, with the other two being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle.It is an involuntary, striated muscle that constitutes the main tissue of the wall of the heart.The cardiac muscle (myocardium) forms a thick middle layer between the outer layer of the …

WebMinimally invasive cardiac surgery, also known as MICS CABG (Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery/Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting) or the McGinn technique is heart surgery performed through several small incisions instead of the traditional open-heart surgery that requires a median sternotomy approach. MICS CABG is a beating-heart …

WebCardiac catheterization (heart cath) is the insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart.This is done both for diagnostic and interventional purposes. A common example of cardiac catheterization is coronary catheterization that involves catheterization of the coronary arteries for coronary artery disease and myocardial infarctions ("heart …

WebIn cardiac physiology, cardiac output (CO), also known as heart output and often denoted by the symbols , ˙, or ˙, is the volumetric flow rate of the heart's pumping output: that is, the volume of blood being pumped by both ventricles of the heart, per unit time (usually measured per minute). Cardiac output (CO) is the product of the heart rate (HR), i.e. the …

WebBandidas is a 2006 Western action comedy film starring Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz directed by Norwegian directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg and produced and written by Luc Besson.It tells the tale of two very different women in late-19th-century Mexico who become a bank robbing duo in an effort to combat a ruthless enforcer terrorizing their …

WebCoronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage") is a surgical procedure for coronary artery disease (CAD) aiming to relieve angina, stall progression of ischemic heart disease and increase life expectancy.The goal is to bypass the stenotic lesions in native heart arteries using arterial or venous …

WebIn classical anatomy the human stomach is divided into four sections, beginning at the cardia. The cardia is where the contents of the oesophagus empty into the stomach.; The fundus (from Latin 'bottom') is formed in the upper curved part.; The body is the main, central region of the stomach.; The pylorus (from Greek 'gatekeeper') is the lower section of the …

WebMedical uses. Targeted temperature management may be used in the following conditions: Cardiac arrest. The 2013 ILCOR and 2010 American Heart Association guidelines support the use of cooling following resuscitation from cardiac arrest. These recommendations were largely based on two trials from 2002 which showed improved …