"Pulmonary Heart Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D011660
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.832
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| Concept/Terms |
Pulmonary Heart Disease- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Heart Disease, Pulmonary
- Heart Diseases, Pulmonary
- Disease, Pulmonary Heart
- Cor Pulmonale
- Diseases, Pulmonary Heart
- Pulmonary Heart Diseases
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pulmonary Heart Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Edelman JD, Bavaria J, Kaiser LR, Litzky LA, Palevsky HI, Kotloff RM. Bilateral sequential lung transplantation for pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis. Chest. 1997 Oct; 112(4):1140-4.
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Chabalko JJ. Hypoxemic respiratory failure and cor pulmonale in a 49-year-old man with familial polyposis coli. Chest. 1994 Jul; 106(1):275-7.
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Park CH, Kim SM, Intenzo CM, McEwan J. Radionuclide ventriculogram in cor pulmonale secondary to multiple pulmonary emboli. Clin Nucl Med. 1993 Dec; 18(12):1097-100.
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Piatt JH, Hoffman HJ. Cor pulmonale: a lethal complication of ventriculoatrial CSF diversion. Childs Nerv Syst. 1989 Feb; 5(1):29-31.
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Panidis IP, Ren JF, Holsclaw DS, Kotler MN, Mintz GS, Ross J. Cardiac function in patients with cystic fibrosis: evaluation by two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1985 Sep; 6(3):701-6.