title: An overview of cardiac surgery.
abstract: The scope of cardiac surgery has extended greatly in the last decade, advances being particularly in the areas of perfusion technology, ischaemic heart disease, and congenital defects in the infant. This paper sets out to summarize accepted current practice in the surgery of the heart and great vessels. Principles have been emphasized at the expense of detail, since the aim has been to present information which might be of interest to surgeons in general. Some aspects which have a special reievance to general surgical practice have been grouped separately for the sake of emphasis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants