cor pulmonale
- noun
- /kɔr pʌlˈmoʊneɪl/
- Specialized
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cor pulmonale
- The management of cor pulmonale often focuses on the lung problem, using interventions such as long-term oxygen therapy.
Examples
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Even if heart failure seems likely, it is still important to discover which type of heart failure it is (left ventricular systolic dysfunction, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or cor pulmonale) so that the best and most appropriate treatment can be offered.
Academic text (2012) -
This disorder is often undiagnosed and coexists with other disease processes such as hypertension, congestive heart failure, and cor pulmonale.
Academic text (2006) -
Left ventricular systolic dysfunction, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or cor pulmonale.
Academic text (2012) -
Cor pulmonale develops in some children because of vasoconstriction in pulmonary blood vessels as a result of frequent episodes of hypoxemia during recurrent apnea.
Academic text (1999) -
Cor pulmonale is often diagnosed when patients exhibit symptoms related to both lung and heart function, such as cor pulmonale.
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Effective treatment for cor pulmonale may include addressing the underlying lung disease and improving oxygen flow.
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Many patients with cor pulmonale experience shortness of breath and fatigue due to increased pressure in the pulmonary arteries.
Surface Forms
Morphology
cor + pulmonale
The compound is clearly Latinate and literally combines 'cor' (heart) with the pulmon- root (relating to lungs), so a learner who recognises those roots could infer it refers to a heart problem connected to the lungs. However, 'cor' is archaic in English, 'pulmonale' is not a common English word here, and the term has a specific clinical sense (right‑ventricular enlargement due to pulmonary disease) that is not fully predictable from the surface parts, so a B1 learner would at best form a vague, partial understanding.
Etymology
Cor pulmonale comes from Latin: cor means 'heart' and pulmonale means 'of the lungs'. It shows that lung problems can hurt the heart—the right side must work too hard and becomes larger—so the term means 'a heart problem caused by lung disease'.
