CardioThoraxia

CardioThoraxia is a precision literature search tool designed for cardiothoracic surgeons, trainees, and researchers. Build accurate PubMed searches using a guided, topic-based approach—without manually writing complex query strings. Build searches the way clinicians think • Start with curated cardiothoracic surgery topics • Combine topics using All topics (AND) or Any topic (OR) logic • Emphasize a primary topic to focus results • Add optional refinements as needed Designed for cardiothoracic surgery • Comprehensive taxonomy covering cardiac, thoracic, congenital, transplant, aortic, vascular, and surgical approaches • Topics organized by clinical practice rather than generic medical categories • Supports both focused clinical questions and broad literature exploration For beginners and power users • Build strong PubMed searches without prior knowledge of PubMed syntax • Advanced Search allows direct editing of the underlying PubMed query for full control • Seamless links to PubMed abstracts and journal websites CardioThoraxia helps you spend less time managing search syntax—and more time reading the literature that matters.

Initial public release of CardioThoraxia. Includes guided PubMed search creation for cardiothoracic surgery topics. Downloads latest catalog automatically. Users can suggest topics.