A thoracic one happens in the chest and is usually caused by high blood pressure or an injury. Cardiac surgeons can repair aortic aneurysms, whether a diagnosis occurs before the event or after.

Thoracic surgeons -- who are often grouped with cardiac, or heart, specialists for cardiothoracic surgery -- operate on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels inside the chest, as ...

The Morgantown-based West Virginia University Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute have added four new surgeons, according to a Sept. 4 report ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has launched its next-generation Operative Risk Calculator to assess the risk of adult cardiac surgery operations. The STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database ...

WVU Health System is growing its cardiac and thoracic surgery complement, and also promoted an Allegheny General Hospital-trained veteran surgeon as its chief of thoracic surgery.

Top Doctors 2021: Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery. Part of our 21st annual list of the region's best physicians. By CASTLE CONNOLLY MEDICAL LTD and Seattle Magazine Staff May 13, 2021. This article ...

Our Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency prepares residents to become outstanding cardiothoracic surgeons who are equipped not only to obtain American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) ... UAB Hospital is ...

Saddleback Medical Center Expands Cardiac Surgical Capabilities With Recruitment of Renowned Cardiothoracic Surgeons Provided by PR Newswire May 5, 2025, 4:00:00 PM ...

The National President of the Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Nigeria, Prof. Anietimfon Etiuma, has decried the exorbitant cost of treating children born with congenital ...

The National President of the Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Nigeria, Prof. Anietimfon Etiuma, has decried the exorbitant cost of treating children born with congenital ...