Save. A hookah is a type of water pipe used to smoke flavored tobacco, which is a popular social activity among young adults in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Middle East.ave. A hookah is a type of water pipe used to smoke flavored tobacco, which is a popular social activity among young adults in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Middle East.
Cardiovascular (heart) surgery is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.
1 The cardiovascular anesthesiologist gives you the medicines that make you sleep during the surgery (called anesthesia) and monitors the ventilator, which breathes for you during surgery. 2  The perfusion technologists run the heart-lung machine. 3  The cardiovascular nurses are specially trained to assist in heart surgery.