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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Thoracic Surgery
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Cirugía Torácica
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Cirurgia Torácica
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Synonyms English:
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Surgery, Cardiac
Surgery, Heart
Surgery, Thoracic
Cardiac Surgery
Heart Surgery
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Tree Number:
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H02.403.810.803
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Definition English:
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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. |
Indexing Annotation English:
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a surg specialty: do not confuse with THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES (Cat E4); SPEC qualif; do not use for surg of specific thoracic organs ( = organ /surg) or specific thoracic dis ( = disease /surg); DF: THORACIC SURG
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See Related English:
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Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
Thoracic Surgical Procedures
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History Note English:
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80; was THORAX /surgery 1966-79 & SURGERY, THORACIC (NON MESH) before 1980
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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14290
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Unique Identifier:
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D013903
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 LILACS
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