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MeSH Heading: Thoracic Surgery
Tree Number(s): H02.403.810.803
Unique ID: D013903
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013903
Annotation: a surgical specialty: do not confuse with THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Version: THORACIC SURG
Entry Term(s): Cardiac Surgery; Heart Surgery; Surgery, Cardiac; Surgery, Heart; Surgery, Thoracic
NLM Classification #: WO 21
See Also: Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures; Thoracic Surgical Procedures
Public MeSH Note: 80; was THORAX /surgery 1966-79
Online Note: use THORACIC SURGERY to search THORAX /surgery 1966-79 (with no qualif 1966-79)
History Note: 80; was THORAX /surgery 1966-79 & SURGERY, THORACIC (NON MESH) before 1980
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

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Concept UI: M0021405
Terms: Surgery, Cardiac Preferred Term
Term UI T040779
Date06/13/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Cardiac Surgery
Term UI T040780
Date06/13/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Surgery, Heart
Term UI T040781
Date06/13/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998); Heart Surgery
Term UI T040782
Date06/13/1997
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1998)

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