endocardial fibroelastosis

fibroelastosis /fi·bro·elas·to·sis/ (-e″las-to´sis) overgrowth of fibroelastic elements.

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endocardial fibroelastosis  diffuse patchy thickening of the mural endocardium, particularly in the left ventricle, due to proliferation of collagenous and elastic tissue; often associated with congenital cardiac malformations.

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endocardial fibroelastosis

n.

A congenital condition characterized by thickening of the inner lining of the left ventricle, thickening and malformation of the cardiac valves, and hypertrophy of the heart.

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endocardial fibroelastosis

[fī′brō·ē′lastō′sis]

Etymology: Gk, endon + kardia, heart; L, fibra, fiber; Gk, elaunein, to drive, osis, condition

an abnormal condition characterized by the development of a thick, fibroelastic endocardium that can cause failure of the heart to pump blood.

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endocardial

1. situated or occurring within the heart.

2. pertaining to the endocardium.

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endocardial cushions

elevations on the atrioventricular canal of the embryonic heart which later help partition the heart. Defective development contributes to several cardiac anomalies, including ventricular septal defect and atrioventricularis communis.

endocardial fibroelastosis

the accumulation of collagen and elastic fibers in the endocardium, together with left ventricular hypertrophy dilatation, is an inherited, primary cardiac anomaly in Burmese cats.

endocardial fibrosis

occurs with cardiac dilatation or hypertrophy. In cats, leads to restrictive cardiomyopathy.

endocardial splitting

a complication of chronic valvular insufficiency and congestive cardiomyopathy in dogs. May be partial or full thickness; can occur on the interatrial septum, producing an acquired septal defect, or elsewhere causing hemopericardium.

endocardial tube

formed from the cardiogenic plate in the developing embryo, this forms the primordium of the truncus arteriosus, the atrium and the ventricles; it is later invested by the myocardium.

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fibroelastosis

overgrowth of fibroelastic elements.

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endocardial fibroelastosis

see endocardial fibroelastosis.