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cardiothoracic, a. Med.
Brit. |ˌkɑːdɪəʊθəˈrasɪk|, |ˌkɑːdɪəʊθɔːˈrasɪk|, U.S. |ˈˌkɑrdioʊˌθəˈræsɪk|, |ˈˌkɑrdioʊˌθɔˈræsɪk|
[‹ cardio- comb. form + thoracic adj.]
Of or relating to the heart and the thorax (chest); (in later use) spec. designating the branch of surgery concerned with the chest and its organs.
1920C. Bailey in Lancet 8 May 1030/2 These methods, as carried out by me..are as follows:—(A) The ‘Cardio-Thoracic ratio.’ With the focus of the X ray tube at a distance of 6 feet.., the greatest transverse heart diameter..should normally be 39–50 per cent. of greatest diameter of thorax. 1968Times 30 Jan. 4/6 Surgeons at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, have performed eight double heart valve transplants..in the past three months, the leader of the hospital's cardiothoracic surgery team said. 1995McGill Jrnl. Med. Spring 57/1 Cardiothoracic injury causes 25% of deaths immediately following trauma, and the majority of these fatalities involve either cardiac or great vessel injury. 2004M. A. Coombs Power & Confl. Doctors & Nurses i. 6 Generalist intensive care units have since evolved into specialist units including..cardiac and cardiothoracic, renal, neurological, and paediatric intensive care units. |