Endocardial Cushion Defects
"Endocardial Cushion Defects" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A spectrum of septal defects involving the ATRIAL SEPTUM; VENTRICULAR SEPTUM; and the atrioventricular valves (TRICUSPID VALVE; BICUSPID VALVE). These defects are due to incomplete growth and fusion of the ENDOCARDIAL CUSHIONS which are important in the formation of two atrioventricular canals, site of future atrioventricular valves.
| Descriptor ID |
D004694
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.240.400.560.350 C14.280.400.560.350 C16.131.240.400.560.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Endocardial Cushion Defects- Endocardial Cushion Defects
- Cushion Defect, Endocardial
- Cushion Defects, Endocardial
- Defect, Endocardial Cushion
- Defects, Endocardial Cushion
- Endocardial Cushion Defect
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