Disciplines and Occupations

Thoracic Surgery

A surgical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the heart, lungs, and esophagus. Two major types of thoracic surgery are classified as pulmonary and cardiovascular.

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Abstract

A surgical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the heart, lungs, and esophagus. Two major types of thoracic surgery are classified as pulmonary and cardiovascular.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Surgery, Thoracic
  • Cardiac Surgery
  • Heart Surgery
  • Surgery, Cardiac
  • Surgery, Heart

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

a surgical specialty: do not confuse with THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES

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History Note

80; was THORAX /surgery 1966-79 & SURGERY, THORACIC (NON MESH) before 1980

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  1. H02w.403w.810.803w

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NLM Classification

WO 21

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Thoracic Surgery. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013903. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013903
  2. Thoracic Surgery. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiothoracic_surgery
  3. Thoracic Surgery. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2964004