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Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac surgery is the operative discipline concerned with the surgical correction of structural and functional disorders of the heart and great vessels. It encompasses procedures on the cardiac valves, the coronary arteries, the myocardium, the pericardium, and the thoracic aorta, performed either through open appr…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 11 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 20× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2329-9487 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Cardiac surgery is the operative discipline concerned with the surgical correction of structural and functional disorders of the heart and great vessels. It encompasses procedures on the cardiac valves, the coronary arteries, the myocardium, the pericardium, and the thoracic aorta, performed either through open approaches with cardiopulmonary bypass or, increasingly, by minimally invasive and catheter-based techniques. The conditions it addresses include acquired valvular disease, ischaemic heart disease requiring coronary revascularisation, hypertrophic and other cardiomyopathies, congenital malformations such as septal defects and complex single-ventricle physiology, and the sequelae of rheumatic heart disease. Effective surgical management depends on accurate preoperative characterisation through imaging, haemodynamic assessment, and risk stratification, the last often informed by biomarkers such as N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide, which help predict perioperative cardiac morbidity and mortality. Intraoperative strategies for blood conservation, including acute normovolaemic haemodilution, and careful myocardial protection are central to outcomes. Postoperative care integrates haemodynamic monitoring, management of arrhythmia and heart failure, and rehabilitation. Cardiac surgery operates within a multidisciplinary framework alongside cardiology, anaesthesia, and critical care, and its evolution continues to be shaped by advances in perfusion, device technology, and perioperative medicine that progressively broaden the range of patients who can be treated safely.

Research published in this journal

11 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2017

The Evolution of Fetal Surgery

Knezevich MichelleCorresponding author
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
Exact topic Fetal Surgery doi:10.14302/issn.2997-2086.jfs-17-1663

How this research is being cited

The 11 articles above have been cited 20 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Cardiac Surgery, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Hypertension and Cardiology (ISSN 2329-9487).

Journal editorial board
Hatori Nobuo · Japan Gregor Leibundgut · Switzerland Yuejin Li · United States

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