Term Name: Cor pulmonale
Synonyms: cardiopulmonary disease, pulmonary heart disease
Definition: A congestive heart failure that involves a failure of the right side of the heart and is characterized by an enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart as a response to increased resistance or high blood pressure in the lungs.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:8515]   ( DOID:8515 )

Relationships
is a type of: congestive heart failure
has subtype: acute pulmonary heart disease chronic pulmonary heart disease