Hello. Any difference between Cardiac surgery and Heart surgery? What about open heart/cardiac surgery? Which one is more common?
Thanks in advance
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soheil1
Hello. Any difference between Cardiac surgery and Heart surgery? What about open heart/cardiac surgery? Which one is more common?
Thanks in advance
Only a doctor will know the correct terminology for such things. In common parlance, "cardiac (note the lowercase) surgery" is a relatively rare synonym for "heart surgery". When the chest is laid open, it's "open heart surgery", in other words, heart surgery performed on an open chest. I've never heard "open cardiac surgery".
Only a doctor will know the correct terminology for such things. In common parlance, "cardiac (note the lowercase) surgery" is a relatively rare synonym for "heart surgery". When the chest is laid open, it's "open heart surgery", in other words, heart surgery performed on an open chest. I've never heard "open cardiac surgery".