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Noun

heart surgeon - a specialist in cardiology; a specialist in the structure and function and disorders of the heart

cardiologist, heart specialist

medical specialist, specialist - practices one branch of medicine

Translations

heart surgeon

n → cardiochirurgo

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Experienced heart surgeon Asif Hasan, who operated on Leah and Gabrielle, described the "daunting" procedures.

A hugh task

A HEART surgeon who helped save the life of Liverpool FC manager Gerard Houllier is to return to work more than a year after she was suspended on full pay.

RETURN FOR HEART DOC

Pioneering South African heart surgeon Christiaan Barnard (left), who performed the world's first human heart transplant in 1967, died yesterday while on holiday in Cyprus, officials said.

Holiday death of pioneering heart surgeon

In the case of the Spanish heart surgeon, Jaime Guardia of the Universitat Autonoma in Barcelona and his colleagues determined that the surgeon probably passed hepatitis C along when he was closing the sternum with wire sutures.

The hepatitis G enigma: researchers corner new viruses associated with hepatitis

I WOULD like to offer my deepest sympathies to heart surgeon Maurice Nelligan.

Letter: Your Say - TRAGEDY FOR A LIFESAVER

He also claimed Diana had asked him to arrange for her to be secretly married to heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.

Diana, Princess of Wales

Heart surgeon Dr Ramesh Patel said: "We are delighted to have achieved our aims of making sure patients are being treated quickly and getting their surgery or angioplasty within three months of diagnosis.

Six-fold cut in waiting times

A HEART surgeon who helped save the life of Liverpool FC manager Gerard Houllier is returning to work more than a year after she was suspended.

Houllier surgeon's ban ends

THE future of a suspended heart surgeon could be decided in the next few weeks.

VERDICT `SOON' ON TOP DOCTOR

A HEART surgeon banned after colleagues complained about his work has been cleared to return to the operating theatre.

Heart doc is cleared after ban

A heart surgeon accused of having higher than average death rates performed operations which carried greater short-term risks in "extreme deviation" from accepted strategies, an independent report concluded yesterday.

Surgeon with high fatality rate used risky method

IT is downright disgraceful that talented young heart surgeon Raj Mattu has been suspended for four years after going public about overcrowding he believed led to the death of a patient.

Letter: Your Say - CURE THE DOC ROW