"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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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cardiomegaly" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiomyocyte p38 MAPKa suppresses a heart-adipose tissue-neutrophil crosstalk in heart failure development. Basic Res Cardiol. 2022 10 07; 117(1):48.
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Wide clinical variability in conditions with coarse facial features and hypertrichosis caused by mutations in ABCC9. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Feb; 161A(2):295-300.
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Switch from actin alpha1 to alpha2 expression and upregulation of biomarkers for pressure overload and cardiac hypertrophy in taurine-deficient mouse heart. Biol Chem. 2006 Oct-Nov; 387(10-11):1449-54.
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Prevention of cardiac hypertrophy in mice by calcineurin inhibition. Science. 1998 Sep 11; 281(5383):1690-3.
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