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Descriptor
English
:
Cardiomegaly
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Cardiomegalia
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Cardiomegalia
Synonyms
English
:
Cardiac Hypertrophy
Heart Hypertrophy
Enlarged Heart
Tree Number:
C14.280.195
C23.300.775.250
Definition
English
:
Enlargement of the
HEART
, usually indicated by a cardiothoracic ratio above 0.50.
Heart
enlargement may involve the right, the left, or both
HEART VENTRICLES
or
HEART ATRIA
.
Cardiomegaly
is a nonspecific symptom seen in
patients
with chronic systolic
heart failure
(HEART FAILURE) or several
forms
of
CARDIOMYOPATHIES
.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
GEN or unspecified; prefer
HYPERTROPHY
, LEFT VENTRICULAR or
HYPERTROPHY
, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; note X ref CARDIAC
HYPERTROPHY
: do not confuse with CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC
History Note
English
:
2000(1963)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
surgery
therapy
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
30921
Unique Identifier:
D006332
Occurrence in VHL
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