| endocardial cushion defects | A spectrum of septal defects associated with persistence of the embryonic atrioventricular canal due to incomplete growth and fusion of the endocardial cushion. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| endocardial cushions | A pair of mounds of embryonic connective tissue covered by endothelium, bulging into the embryonic atrioventricular canal; located one dorsally and one ventrally, they grow together and fuse with each other and with the lower edge of the septum primum, dividing the originally single canal into right and left atrioventricular orifices. Synonym: endocardial cushions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocardial fibroelastosis | <radiology> Unknown aetiology, diffuse thickening of endocardium, few live more than 2 yrs, limited to left chambers in 80%, causes restrictive cardiomyopathy (12 Dec 1998) |
| endocardial fibrosis | Scarring or collaginosis of the endocardium. Synonym: endocardial sclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocardial murmur | A murmur arising, from any cause, within the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocardial sclerosis | <radiology> Unknown aetiology, diffuse thickening of endocardium, few live more than 2 yrs, limited to left chambers in 80%, causes restrictive cardiomyopathy (12 Dec 1998) |
| endocardiography | Electrocardiography with the exploring electrode within the chambers of the heart. See: intracardiac catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocarditic | Relating to endocarditis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocarditis | <pathology> Exudative and proliferative inflammatory alterations of the endocardium, characterised by the presence of vegetations on the surface of the endocardium or in the endocardium itself and most commonly involving a heart valve, but sometimes affecting the inner lining of the cardiac chambers or the endocardium elsewhere. It may occur as a primary disorder or as a complication of or in association with another disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| endocarditis chordalis | Endocarditis affecting particularly the chordae tendineae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocarditis, subacute bacterial | Infection of the endocardium caused by species of streptococcus. This condition does not produce metastatic foci and if untreated may take up to a year to be fatal. (12 Dec 1998) |
| endocardium | The inner most lining of the heart cavities. (27 Sep 1997) |
| endocarp | The innermost layer of the wall of a fruit, in a drupe, the stony layer surrounding the seed. (09 Oct 1997) |
| endoceliac | Within one of the body cavities. Origin: endo-+ G. Koilia, cavity, ventricle (05 Mar 2000) |
| endocervical | 1. Within any cervix, specifically within the cervix uteri. Synonym: intracervical. 2. Relating to the endocervix. (05 Mar 2000) |