a heart condition resulting from disease of the lungs or of their blood vessels
Word origin
[1855–60; ‹ NL: pulmonary heart]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, kickoff, pickup, pipeline, superheat
Examples of 'cor pulmonale' in a sentence
cor pulmonale
He also had cor pulmonale and congestive heart failure.
Stephen A. Geller, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos 2013, 'Asbestos-related pleural disease', Autopsy and Case Reportshttp://www.revistas.usp.br/autopsy/article/view/58916. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cor pulmonale develops in association with end-stage disease.
Noble Paul W, Meltzer Eric B 2008, 'Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis', Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseaseshttp://www.ojrd.com/content/3/1/8. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale are seen in severe cases.
R Dayal, Pankaj Kumar, Neha Garg 2014, 'Childhood Obstructive Sleep Apnea', Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)http://annals-nams.in/index.php/annals/article/view/6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cachexia (37.2%) and cor pulmonale (23.7%) were the most prevalent comorbities in this group.
Andrei Fernandes Joaquim, Luana Carandina, Julio Defaveri 2006, 'Tuberculose em necropsias realizadas no Serviço de Anatomia Patológica da Faculdadede Medicina de Botucatu Tuberculosis in necropsies performed at the Department ofPathology of Botucatu Medical School', Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorialhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442006000300008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Patients with prior heart failure, cor-pulmonale, pulmonary hypertension and valvular disease were excluded.
Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, Mukesh Kumar, Govind Pandompatam, Ankit Sakhuja, RahulKashyap, Kianoush Kashani, Ognjen Gajic, Jeffrey B. Geske, Jacob C. Jentzer 2017, 'Prognostic impact of isolated right ventricular dysfunction in sepsis and septic shock:an 8-year historical cohort study', Annals of Intensive Carehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-017-0319-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Cor pulmonale in this patient was a result of severe pulmonary hypertension.
Soumya Patra, Sayan Chatterjee, Shilpi Singhla, Bijoy Patra, Anu Maheswari, Anju Seth 2011, 'Cor pulmonale in a case of infantile Gaucher′s disease', Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolismhttp://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2011;volume=15;issue=2;spage=134;epage=136;aulast=Patra. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Inclusion criteria were dyspnea without other causes and no cor pulmonale present.
David V Bates 2000, 'Revisiting 'Respiratory Function in Emphysema in Relation to Prognosis'', Canadian Respiratory Journalhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2000/503510. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome predisposes to the development of pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale.
D. Pevernagie, J. P. Janssens, W. De Backer, M. Elliott, J. Pepperell, S. Andreas 2007, 'Ventilatory support and pharmacological treatment of patients with central apnoeaor hypoventilation during sleep', European Respiratory Reviewhttp://err.ersjournals.com/cgi/content/full/16/106/115. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patients were divided into two groups: those with cor pulmonale and those without.
Chun-Rong Ju, Miao Chen, Jian-Heng Zhang, Zhi-Ya Lin, Rong-Chang Chen 2016, 'Higher Plasma Myostatin Levels in Cor Pulmonale Secondary to Chronic Obstructive PulmonaryDisease.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4801210?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report a case of rheumatoid interstitial lung disease presenting as cor pulmonale.
Acharya Sourya, Mahajan S, Shukla Samarth, Diwan S, Banode Pankaj, Kothari Nirmesh 2010, 'Rheumatoid interstitial lung disease presenting as cor pulmonale', Lung Indiahttp://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2010;volume=27;issue=4;spage=256;epage=259;aulast=Acharya. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)