cor pulmonale

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cor pul·mo·na·le (kôr

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Acute strain or hypertrophy of the right ventricle caused by a disorder of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels.

[New Latin cor pulmnle : Latin cor, heart + New Latin pulmnle, neuter of pulmnlis, of the lungs.]

cor pulmonale [kɔː pʌlməˈnɑːlɪ]

(Medicine / Pathology) pulmonary heart disease: a serious heart condition in which there is enlargement and failure of the right ventricle resulting from lung disease

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cor pulmonale - enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels

hypertrophy - abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ

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disease hypertrophy			A Cor pulmonale is actually high blood pressure in the lungs due to damage caused by smoking. Your life: Dizzying heights left me feeling peaky by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) Non-covered conditions include angina pectoris, dyspnea without cor pulmonale or evidence of hypoxemia, severe peripheral vascular disease resulting in desaturation in the extremities and terminal illness that does not affect the lungs. Revisiting qualifications for home oxygen by Wyka, Kenneth A. / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine A chronic heart condition, cor pulmonale is an enlargement of the right ventricle that results from various lung diseases, except those that primarily affect the left side of the heart, or congenital heart disease. Cor Pulmonale-Diseases by Robert Baird / Health, general community			copyreader copyright copyright deposit library copyright infringement copyrighted copytaker copywriter coq au vin Coque coquelicot coquet coquetry coquette coquettish coquettishly coquilla nut coquille coquilles Saint-Jacques coquimbite coquina coquito cor cor anglais cor blimey cor de chasse cor pulmonale cor- Cor. Cora coracan Coracias Coracias garrulus Coraciidae coraciiform coraciiform bird Coraciiformes coracle coracoid Corage Coragyps Coragyps atratus Corah corakan coral Coral animal coral bean coral bean tree coral bush coral drops coral fern Coral fish			coquina Coquina Clam Coquina Clam coquina clams coquina clams coquinas coquinas coquinoid Coquitlam Coquitlam Alternate Basic Education Coquitlam Teachers' Association coquito coquitos cor cor cor cor cor adiposum cor adiposum cor anglais cor anglais COR BD cor biloculare cor biloculare cor blimey cor bovinum cor bovinum cor de chasse Cor Hydrae COR MEM cor pulmonale cor rugosum cor rugosum Cor Tauri Cor Tauri cor triatriatum cor triatriatum cor triatriatum dexter cor triatriatum dexter cor triatriatum sinister cor triatriatum sinister cor triloculare cor triloculare cor triloculare biatriatum cor triloculare biatriatum cor triloculare biventriculare cor triloculare biventriculare cor villosum cor villosum cor(o)- cor- cor- COR-DO COR-FD Cor. Cor. Cora Cora Cora CORAC coracan

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