 Cardiomegaly
"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cardiomegaly" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Cardiomegaly" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1992 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cardiomegaly" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Haack L, Das N, Hoskoppal A, DeBrunner M, Alsaied T, Arora G. Right Atrial Enlargement on Electrocardiogram in Previously Healthy Young Patients. J Pediatr. 2024 Feb; 265:113814.
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Nagalingam RS, Chattopadhyaya S, Al-Hattab DS, Cheung DYC, Schwartz LY, Jana S, Aroutiounova N, Ledingham DA, Moffatt TL, Landry NM, Bagchi RA, Dixon IMC, Wigle JT, Oudit GY, Kassiri Z, Jassal DS, Czubryt MP. Scleraxis and fibrosis in the pressure-overloaded heart. Eur Heart J. 2022 12 01; 43(45):4739-4750.
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Widiapradja A, Kasparian AO, McCaffrey SL, Kolb LL, Imig JD, Lacey JL, Melendez GC, Levick SP. Replacement of Lost Substance P Reduces Fibrosis in the Diabetic Heart by Preventing Adverse Fibroblast and Macrophage Phenotype Changes. Cells. 2021 10 05; 10(10).
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Bagchi RA, Weeks KL. Histone deacetylases in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2019 05; 130:151-159.
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Ranek MJ, Zheng H, Huang W, Kumarapeli AR, Li J, Liu J, Wang X. Genetically induced moderate inhibition of 20S proteasomes in cardiomyocytes facilitates heart failure in mice during systolic overload. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2015 Aug; 85:273-81.
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