| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,769,296,309 visitors served. |
|
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
endocardial |
Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus | 0.02 sec. |
|
endocardial /en·do·car·di·al/ (-kahr´de-al) 1. situated or occurring within the heart. 2. pertaining to the endocardium. endocardial, pertaining to the endocardium. endocardial 1. situated or occurring within the heart. 2. pertaining to the endocardium. 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
The patient had endocardial fibrosis with mitral regurgitation and did not respond to steroids, but his symptoms and blood count normalized after treatment with [alpha]-interferon and cyclosporine. |
| Medical Dictionary |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Free toolbar & extensions |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|