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1. Health Highlights: Dec. 19, 2007
Between 1997 and 2005, U.S. hospital admissions for chronic pulmonary heart disease rose from 301,400 to 456,500, an increase of more than 50 percent, according to the latest News and Numbers from the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Qua...
2. Cor pulmonale
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Cor pulmonale is failure of the right side of the heart brought on by long-term high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and right ventricle of the heart. • Reviewer: Allen J. Blaivas, DO, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine UMDNJ-NJMS, Attending Physician in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
3. Cor Pulmonale
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Cor pulmonale is an increase in bulk of the right ventricle of the heart, generally caused by chronic diseases or malfunction of the lungs. This condition can lead to heart failure .• Author: J. Ricker Polsdorfer MD Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
4. Cor pulmonale -- Information from MedicineNet
Cor pulmonale definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms. medical dictionary A-Z List > Cor pulmonale. Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions. online medical dictionary A-Z List. http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10670
5. Cor Pulmonale: A Disorder Stemming From Pulmonary Hypertension -- Information from the Merck Manual
Another disease that can cause pulmonary hypertension is pulmonary fibrosis (see Infiltrative Lung Diseases: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ), which causes extensive scar tissue to form in the lungs. The single most important cause of pulmonary... http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec04/ch054/ch054a.html#sb054_1
6. Cor pulmonale -- Information from Health A to Z
Cor pulmonale, or pulmonary heart disease, occurs in 25% of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cor pulmonale is an increase in bulk of the right ventricle of the heart, generally caused by chronic diseases or malfunction... http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/cor_pulmonale.jsp |
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