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Thoracic and cardiac surgery
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Descriptions
In medicine, the field of cardiothoracic surgery is involved in the surgical treatment of diseases that affect organs inside the thorax (the chest). In general it will mean conditions of the heart (cardiovascular disease) and lungs (lung disease). Cardiothoracic surgery is a recognised surgical specialty. Thoracic surgery generally refers to surgery of the chest other than the heart. A general surgeon may have an interest in thoracic surgery. A cardiothoracic surgeon will perform Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), Heart valve, lung volume reduction, heart andor lung transplantation, as well as arrhythmia surgery and thoracic aorta repairs. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Thoracic surgery (Wikipedia)
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. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Thoracic and cardiac surgery
- Part Display Name
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Part Type
- Method (Describes the method by which the test was performed)
- Created On
- 2003-11-10
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Cardiothor surg
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | cardiothoracale chirurgie |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Chirurgia toracica Synonyms: Chirurgia cardiotoracica |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Chirurgie thoracique |
| de-AT | German (Austria) | Thoraxchirurgie |
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 胸心外科学 Synonyms: 心胸外科学; |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Θωρακοχειρουργική και καρδιοχειρουργική Synonyms: Θωρακοχειρουργική και καρδιοχειρουργική |
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