"Thoracic Cavity" 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.
The region of the thorax that includes the PLEURAL CAVITY and MEDIASTINUM.
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Thoracic Cavity".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Thoracic Cavity".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thoracic Cavity" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Thoracic Cavity" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Thoracic Cavity" by people in Profiles.
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Paraganglioma arising from the liver and abutting the heart. BMJ Case Rep. 2023 Mar 03; 16(3).
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PleThora: Pleural effusion and thoracic cavity segmentations in diseased lungs for benchmarking chest CT processing pipelines. Med Phys. 2020 Nov; 47(11):5941-5952.
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Use of Multiphase CT Protocols in 18 Countries: Appropriateness and Radiation Doses. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2021 Aug; 72(3):381-387.
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Quantification of intrathoracic fat adds prognostic value in women undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging. Int J Cardiol. 2019 10 01; 292:258-264.
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What is your diagnosis? Bicavitary effusion in a horse. Vet Clin Pathol. 2017 Mar; 46(1):189-190.
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Relation of Pericardial Fat, Intrathoracic Fat, and Abdominal Visceral Fat With Incident Atrial Fibrillation (from the Framingham Heart Study). Am J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 15; 118(10):1486-1492.
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Up-to-date review of nuclear medicine applications in pediatric thoracic imaging. Eur J Radiol. 2017 Oct; 95:418-427.
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Abdominal insufflation for laparoscopy increases intracranial and intrathoracic pressure in human subjects. Surg Endosc. 2016 09; 30(9):4029-32.
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Laparoscopic resection of a paraganglioma located on the border of the thoracic and abdominal cavities using a transabdominal-transdiaphragmatic approach. Asian J Endosc Surg. 2015 May; 8(2):201-4.
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The influence of kyphosis correction surgery on pulmonary function and thoracic volume. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2014 Oct 01; 39(21):1777-84.