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Preferred term

Heart Rupture  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Disease-related laceration or tearing of tissues of the heart, including the free-wall MYOCARDIUM; HEART SEPTUM; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; and any of the HEART VALVES. Pathological rupture usually results from myocardial infarction (HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cardiac Rupture

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LM746006-P

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