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Descriptor English: Pulmonary Heart Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad Cardiopulmonar
Descriptor enfermedad cardiopulmonar
Entry term(s) cor pulmonale
corazón pulmonar
Scope note: Hipertrofia y dilatación del VENTRÍCULO DERECHO del corazón, provocadas por una HIPERTENSIÓN PULMONAR. Esta afeccion suele estar asociada a enfermedades pulmonares perenquimatosas o vasculares, como la ENFERMEDAD PULMONAR OBSTRUCTIVA CRÓNICA, y la EMBOLIA PULMONAR.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença Cardiopulmonar
Descriptor French: Coeur pulmonaire
Entry term(s): Cor Pulmonale
Disease, Pulmonary Heart
Diseases, Pulmonary Heart
Heart Disease, Pulmonary
Heart Diseases, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Heart Diseases
Tree number(s): C14.280.832
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011660
Scope note: 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.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Entry Version: PULM HEART DIS
DeCS ID: 12097
Unique ID: D011660
NLM Classification: WG 420
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Pulmonary Heart Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0018137
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Pulmonary Heart Disease
Entry term(s) Cor Pulmonale
Disease, Pulmonary Heart
Diseases, Pulmonary Heart
Heart Disease, Pulmonary
Heart Diseases, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Heart Diseases



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