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Descriptor English: Edema, Cardiac
Descriptor Spanish: Edema Cardíaco
Descriptor edema cardíaco
Scope note: Retención anormal de líquidos en el organismo como consecuencia de problemas de la función cardíaca o fallo cardíaco. Generalmente se caracteriza por un incremento de la presión venosa y capilar, con edemas en los miembros inferiores cuando se permanece en bipedestación. Es una entidad diferente del edema generalizado derivado de una disfunción renal (SÍNDROME NEFRÓTICO).
Descriptor Portuguese: Edema Cardíaco
Descriptor French: Oedème cardiaque
Entry term(s): Cardiac Edema
Cardiac Edemas
Edemas, Cardiac
Tree number(s): C14.280.434.482
C23.888.277.197
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004489
Scope note: Abnormal fluid retention by the body due to impaired cardiac function or heart failure. It is usually characterized by increase in venous and capillary pressure, and swollen legs when standing. It is different from the generalized edema caused by renal dysfunction (NEPHROTIC SYNDROME).
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
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE 1975-90
Online Note: search HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE 1975-90
DeCS ID: 4556
Unique ID: D004489
NLM Classification: WG 370
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09
Edema, Cardiac - Preferred
Concept UI M0007053
Scope note Abnormal fluid retention by the body due to impaired cardiac function or heart failure. It is usually characterized by increase in venous and capillary pressure, and swollen legs when standing. It is different from the generalized edema caused by renal dysfunction (NEPHROTIC SYNDROME).
Preferred term Edema, Cardiac
Entry term(s) Cardiac Edema
Cardiac Edemas
Edemas, Cardiac



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