"Cardiomegaly" 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.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D006332
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.195 C23.300.775.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Cardiomegaly- Cardiomegaly
- Heart Enlargement
- Enlargement, Heart
- Enlarged Heart
- Heart, Enlarged
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cardiomegaly" by people in Profiles.
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Dietary-induced obesity hastens the progression from concentric cardiac hypertrophy to pump dysfunction in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension. 2009 Dec; 54(6):1376-83.
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Phosphodiesterase inhibition promotes the transition from compensated hypertrophy to cardiac dilatation in rats. Pflugers Arch. 2006 Jan; 451(4):526-33.
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Change in blood pressure predicts regression of cardiac hypertrophy in patients of African ancestry receiving agents influencing the renin-angiotensin system. J Hum Hypertens. 2005 Aug; 19(8):659-61.
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Inotropic responses to phosphodiesterase inhibitors in cardiac hypertrophy in rats. Eur J Pharmacol. 2005 May 09; 514(2-3):201-8.
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Antiadrenergic effects of adenosine in pressure overload hypertrophy. Hypertension. 2001 Mar; 37(3):862-8.
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Hydrochlorothiazide improves ventricular compliance and thus performance without reducing hypertrophy in renal artery stenosis in rats. Hypertension. 1993 May; 21(5):638-45.