Dr Mukesh Goel is one of the best Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon in New Delhi and is currently associated with Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals.
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals
Dr Mukesh Goel is one of the best Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeon in New Delhi and has an overall experience of 21 years in the field.
Dr Mukesh Goel completed his MBBS from MDU, Rohtak in 1993. Dr Mukesh Goel completed his MS - General Surgery from MDU, Rohtak in 1997. Dr Mukesh Goel completed his MCh - Cardio-Thoracic Surgery from the University of Delhi in 2001.
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Cardiothoracic surgery is concerned with the surgical treatment of organs inside the thorax and above the abdomen. It generally involves the treatment of conditions of the heart, esophagus, and lungs. The surgeon who follows this field of medicine is called the cardiothoracic surgeon.
Cardiothoracic surgeons operate on conditions that occur in the organs inside the chest and in the bony structures that form the chest cavity. As well as performing surgery, they are involved in the treatment and management of the many different diseases within their specialties, such as lung cancer, tumor, and cysts, collapsed or infected lungs, and chest-wall deformities.
Cardiovascular surgery focuses on the heart and great vessels while general thoracic surgery treats diseases of the lungs, esophagus, mediastinum, and chest walls. Cardiothoracic surgeons operate on the organs in the thorax which are heart, lungs, esophagus and great vessels.
The major subspecialties of cardiothoracic are cardiac, thoracic and congenital.