cardiothoracicadj.
/ˌkɑːdɪəʊθəˈrasɪk/, /ˌkɑːdɪəʊθɔːˈrasɪk/, U.S. /ˌkɑrdioʊθəˈræsɪk/, /ˌkɑrdioʊˌθɔˈræsɪk/ Medicine.
Of or relating to the heart and the thorax (chest); esp. designating the branch of surgery concerned with the chest and the organs within it.
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cardiothoracic1888
transpleural1891
transthoracic1905
1888 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 7 Apr. 734/1 The manner in which the umbilical veins loose their cardiac openings is far from clear, but the event seems to be associated with an elongation of the cardio-thoracic portion of the embryo.
1920 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.
1968 Times 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.
1995 McGill 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.
2017 New Castle (Pennsylvania) News 15 May 2/3 He has had a distinguished career as a physician specializing in cardiothoracic surgery, cardiology, and cardiac angiology.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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