"Thoracic Surgery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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D013903
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MeSH Number(s) |
H02.403.810.803
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Surgery" by people in Profiles.
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of mortality risk prediction models in adult cardiac surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2021 10 29; 33(5):673-686.
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Life after training: Learning new skills as a general thoracic surgeon. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 07; 154(1):377-379.
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Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae on a cardiac surgery intensive care unit: successful measures for infection control. J Hosp Infect. 2016 Sep; 94(1):60-4.
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Angiographic validation of the American College of Cardiology Foundation-the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the Comparative Effectiveness of Revascularization Strategies study. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2014 Feb; 7(1):11-8.
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Predictors of long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (the ASCERT study). Circulation. 2012 Mar 27; 125(12):1491-500.
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ASCERT: the American College of Cardiology Foundation--the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Collaboration on the comparative effectiveness of revascularization strategies. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Jan; 3(1):124-6.
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The safe transition from open to thoracoscopic lobectomy: a 5-year experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2009 Jul; 88(1):216-25; discussion 225-6.
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A statement on ethics from the HEART Group. Pediatr Cardiol. 2008 May; 29(3):696-8.
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Control chart methods for monitoring cardiac surgical performance and their interpretation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2004 Dec; 128(6):811-9.