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cardiothoracic ratios

cardiothoracic ratios is the plural of cardiothoracic ratio.

Meaning of cardiothoracic ratio

Noun

cardiothoracic ratio (plural cardiothoracic ratios)

  1. The ratio (MRD + MLD) / ID, where MRD is the greatest perpendicular diameter from midline to right heart border; MLD is the greatest perpendicular diameter from midline to left heart border; and ID is the internal diameter of the chest at the level of the right hemidiaphragm.

Questions about cardiothoracic ratios

What is cardiothoracic ratios the plural of?
Cardiothoracic ratios is the plural of cardiothoracic ratio.

Words near cardiothoracic ratios in the dictionary

  1. cardiotherapeutics
  2. cardiotherapies
  3. cardiotherapy
  4. cardiothoracic
  5. cardiothoracic ratio
  6. cardiothoracic ratios
  7. cardiothoracics
  8. cardiotin
  9. cardiotocogram
  10. cardiotocograms
  11. cardiotocograph

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