Diseases

Pulmonary Heart Disease

Hypertrophy and dilation of the RIGHT VENTRICLE of the heart that is caused by PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. This condition is often associated with pulmonary parenchymal or vascular diseases, such as CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and PULMONARY EMBOLISM.

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Hypertrophy and dilation of the RIGHT VENTRICLE of the heart that is caused by PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. This condition is often associated with pulmonary parenchymal or vascular diseases, such as CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE and PULMONARY EMBOLISM.

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6 entry terms
  • Cor Pulmonale
  • Disease, Pulmonary Heart
  • Diseases, Pulmonary Heart
  • Heart Disease, Pulmonary
  • Heart Diseases, Pulmonary
  • Pulmonary Heart Diseases

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  1. C14w.280w.832w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pulmonary Heart Disease. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011660. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011660
  2. Pulmonary Heart Disease. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_heart_disease
  3. Pulmonary Heart Disease. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131786