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MeSH Heading: Heart Defects, Congenital
Tree Number(s): C14.240.400; C14.280.400; C16.131.240.400
Unique ID: D006330
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006330
Annotation: general only; do not use as coordinate for specific term /‌abnorm; cyanotic defects probably go here but do not also index under CYANOSIS unless especially discussed
Scope Note: Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life.
Entry Version: HEART DEFECTS CONGEN
Entry Term(s): Abnormality, Heart; Congenital Heart Defect; Congenital Heart Defects; Congenital Heart Disease; Defects, Congenital Heart; Heart Abnormalities; Heart Defect, Congenital; Heart, Malformation Of
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/02/28

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0009950
Scope Note: Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life.
Terms: Heart Defects, Congenital Preferred Term
Term UI T019182
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Abnormality, Heart
Term UI T019176
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Congenital Heart Defect
Term UI T019178
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Congenital Heart Defects
Term UI T019179
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Defects, Congenital Heart
Term UI T019180
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Heart Abnormalities
Term UI T019177
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Heart Defect, Congenital
Term UI T019181
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Congenital Heart Disease
Term UI T001005121
Date01/13/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Heart, Malformation Of
Term UI T811604
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013)

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