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Top Cardiothoracic Surgeons in Hamilton, OH
A cardiothoracic surgeon is a doctor who performs surgery on the organs inside the chest - the heart and lungs - as well as on the great vessels.
Some of the procedures that cardiothoracic surgeons perform are:
- Angioplasty - to correct a blocked artery and increase blood flow to the heart
- Heart valve replacement - to replace a damaged or abnormal valve with a functioning one
- Atherectomy - increases blood flow by removing plaque from a blocked artery
- Bypass surgery - arteries are taken from other parts of the body and moved to the heart in order to bypass blocked arteries, allowing blood flow to the heart
- Heart transplant - replacing a diseased heart with a healthy heart from a donor
- Stent - a stent is a wire mesh tube that is inserted into an artery in order to keep it open and enable the blood to pass through
The area of Hamilton, OH has a population of approximately 134,328 people. There is 1 cardiothoracic surgeon near Hamilton, which gives it a ratio of 1 cardiothoracic surgeon per 134,328 residents or a ratio of 1 cardiothoracic surgeon per 49,236 households. There are 49,236 households in Hamilton.
