"Your thoracic cavity (chest cavity) is a space inside your thorax (chest) that contains your heart, lungs and other organs and tissues," according to ClevelandClinic.org. A thoracic contusion is ...

A man claiming self-defense has been charged with murder following a shooting on April 8 in Danville. Law enforcement ...

Generally, a unilateral thoracostomy tube is sufficient to resolve clinical manifestations of disease and to drain the majority of the thoracic cavity. The procedure is effective in dogs because ...

With inspiration, there is a net decrease in intrathoracic pressures as the thoracic cavity volume expands; this allows blood to easily flow into the right heart. Conversely, left heart filling ...