Pediatric Cardiology

Pediatrics cardiac care and surgery is the sub-division of internal medicine, which deals with the surgery of internal organs in the region of the thorax (the chest). In general, it is the treating conditions of heart disease and lung disease in children. Cardiac surgery might be combined with thoracic surgery and/or vascular surgery and called cardiovascular/ cardiothoracic/cardiovascular thoracic surgery.

• Early approaches to heart malformations
• Lung volume reduction surgery
• Modern beating-heart surgery
• Minimally invasive surgery
• Risks of cardiac surgery