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Pulmonary heart disease, also
known as cor
pulmonale, is the
enlargement and
failure of the
right ventricle of the
heart as a
response to
increased vascular...
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Peaked P
waves (> 0.25 mV)
suggest right atrial enlargement, cor
pulmonale, (P
pulmonale rhythm), but have a low
predictive value (~20%). A P wave with...
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Bilharzial cor
pulmonale is the
condition of
right sided heart failure secondary to
fibrosis and
sclerosis of the
pulmonary artery branches. It results...
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Drains to left
atrium Artery pulmonary artery Identifiers Latin venae pulmonales MeSH D011667 TA98 A12.3.02.001 TA2 4107 FMA 66643
Anatomical terminology...
- A
pulmonary artery is an
artery in the
pulmonary circulation that
carries deoxygenated blood from the
right side of the
heart to the lungs. The largest...
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divided into
three interconnected cavities: the
cavum arteriosum, the
cavum pulmonale, and the
cavum venosum. The
cavum venosum receives deoxygenated blood...
- 234.
Heart Failure and Cor
Pulmonale". Harrison's
principles of
internal medicine:
Chapter 234.
Heart Failure and Cor
Pulmonale (18th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill...
- complications. For example, a
resulting pulmonary heart disease, cor
pulmonale,
which manifests itself in an
inflammation of the arms and legs, can lead...
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heart block,
serious arrhythmias such as
ventricular fibrillation, cor
pulmonale,
respiratory or
kidney or
liver dysfunction or failure,
multiple organ...
- of
Fallot i.e.
congenital diseases;
chronic lung disease, such as cor
pulmonale.
Other recognised causes are:
right ventricular failure,
tricuspid regurgitation...
