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A physician who specializes in operating on the heart and blood vessels. Cardiovascular surgeons earn a medical degree (MD or DO), then complete 5 t o 6 years of general surgery training, followed by an additional 2 to 3 years of cardiovascular surgical training. They perform such procedures as bypass surgery, heart valve repair, and removal of aortic aneurysms (abnormal widening or ballooning of the aorta).<\/p>\n

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A physician who specializes in operating on the heart and blood vessels. Cardiovascular surgeons earn a medical degree (MD or DO), then complete 5 t o 6 years of general surgery training, followed by an additional 2 to 3 years of cardiovascular surgical training. They perform such procedures as bypass surgery, heart valve repair, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c"],"yoast_head":"\nCardiovascular surgeon - Definition of Cardiovascular surgeon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A physician who specializes in operating on the heart and blood vessels. 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