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Abstract
Abnormal fluid retention by the body due to impaired cardiac function or heart failure. It is usually characterized by increase in venous and capillary pressure, and swollen legs when standing. It is different from the generalized edema caused by renal dysfunction (NEPHROTIC SYNDROME).
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- Edema, Cardiac
- Cardiac Edemas
- Edemas, Cardiac
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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91(75); was see under HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE 1975-90
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cardiac Edema. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004489. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004489
- Cardiac Edema. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30015589