Cardiothoracic anesthesiology is a specialty. In the medical world you have anesthesiology, which is a general term. Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology means that the anesthesiologist is caring for a patient undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology is where the doctor is going to take care of the patient before the operation, during the operation, and then for a short time after the operation.
Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology means the doctor provides anesthesia to the patient in order to put them under for the surgery. There is chemistry knowledge needed to calculate the right amount of anesthesia offered. Cardiothoracic surgery deals with a bypass machine to keep the person asleep during the operation. In Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology the doctor monitors the patient’s vital signs to make sure nothing goes wrong during the procedure.