adjective
- passing through or performed through the chest wall
Usage: medical
Examples
- The surgeon performed a transthoracic biopsy to obtain tissue samples.
- Transthoracic echocardiography is a common diagnostic procedure.
- The patient underwent transthoracic needle aspiration.
- Transthoracic imaging revealed abnormalities in the lung tissue.
- The transthoracic approach was chosen for the cardiac procedure.
- Transthoracic ultrasound helped visualize the heart structures.