US Market for Cardiac Surgery and Heart Valve Devices 2018; New Report Launched
Cardiac surgery involves the heart and the great vessels connected to the heart. It is often performed to treat ischemic heart disease, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease as well as heart transplantation. The first cardiac surgeries were performed in the 19th century on the pericardium, the sac that surrounds the heart. The first surgery on the heart itself was performed in 1895 in Oslo, Norway. Surgeon Axel Cappelen ligated the bleeding coronary artery of a 24-year-old patient who had...
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