He was the first American professor of cardiovascular surgery, from 1952 through 1965.

"In the end, how many of us are going to be able to do state-of-the-art cancer surgery or cardiovascular surgery?"

He practiced cardiovascular surgery in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1967 until 1998.

Riley's cancer, cardiovascular surgery and diabetes programs are also among the largest and best of their kind in the nation.

He left politics in 1995, and died of pneumonia after undergoing cardiovascular surgery in 2001.

Even more amazing are Gore's achievements with medical devices which have led to the application of their fabric in cardiovascular surgery.

Glenn served as Yale's chief of cardiovascular surgery until 1975.

The cause of death was complications from cardiovascular surgery, said his son William.

The medical center also is licensed for cardiovascular surgery and cardiac catheterization.

You didn't specialize in cardiovascular surgery just to perform appendectomies for the rest of your life.