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Descriptor English: Cardiotoxicity
Descriptor Spanish: Cardiotoxicidad
Descriptor cardiotoxicidad
Entry term(s) toxicidad cardíaca
Scope note: Lesión del CORAZÓN o alteración de su función secundarias a la exposición a sustancias tóxicas tales como los fármacos utilizados en la QUIMIOTERAPIA, la INMUNOTERAPIA o la RADIACIÓN.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cardiotoxicidade
Descriptor French: Cardiotoxicité
Entry term(s): Cardiac Toxicities
Cardiac Toxicity
Cardiotoxicities
Toxicity, Cardiac
Tree number(s): C14.280.260
C23.550.161
C25.100.389
C26.733.266
G01.750.748.500.266
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D066126
Scope note: Damage to the HEART or its function secondary to exposure to toxic substances such as drugs used in CHEMOTHERAPY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; or RADIATION.
Annotation: coordinate NIM with specific heart disease (IM) if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
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
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Cardiomyopathies (1970-2014)
Radiation Injuries (1975-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015
History Note: 2015
DeCS ID: 55593
Unique ID: D066126
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2019/07/05
Cardiotoxicity - Preferred
Concept UI M0592728
Scope note Damage to the HEART or its function secondary to exposure to toxic substances such as drugs used in CHEMOTHERAPY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; or RADIATION.
Preferred term Cardiotoxicity
Entry term(s) Cardiac Toxicities
Cardiac Toxicity
Cardiotoxicities
Toxicity, Cardiac



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