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& CARDIOSURGERY Cardiosurgery is surgery which deals with the heart or great vessels. Those surgeries are performed by cardiac surgeons (cardio surgeons). Cardiovascular surgeons operate on the heart and blood vessels to repair damage caused by disorders of the cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular surgeons perform many different types of operations, including heart valve repair and replacement, heart defect repair, coronary artery bypass, aneurysm repair, trans myocardial laser revascularization, and heart transplantation. To become a cardiac surgeon is not an easy job but it is very interesting specialty in medicine. After becoming a cardiologist, if you have an interest to become a cardiac surgeon, you should learn more three years while you perform as a cardiologist at your state hospital. The duration can be varied in each country, depending on their rules and regulations for the physicians. But, today the world needs more cardiac surgeons because the disorders of heart and the vascular system are very high. Therefore medical students should think about this problem. All those who have interest to become a cardiologist or a cardiac surgeon, should work hard to achieve their goals. Though it is not an easy job, once you become a cardiologist or a cardiac surgeon, you will be able to save many hearts. It is not only medicine, but also LOVE which is combined with this valuable organ!!!!