"Cyanosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes due to an increase in the amount of deoxygenated hemoglobin in the blood or a structural defect in the hemoglobin molecule.
| Descriptor ID |
D003490
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.248
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cyanosis" by people in Profiles.
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Saline Contrast Transesophageal Echocardiography in Fontan Patients: Assessment of the Presence, Type, and Size of Right to Left Shunts. Pediatr Cardiol. 2019 Aug; 40(6):1199-1207.
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Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma in cyanotic congenital heart disease. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Apr; 100(4):1325-34.
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Acrocyanosis in a young adult: a rare presentation of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma. BMJ Case Rep. 2014 May 28; 2014.
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The birth of a new era: the introduction of the systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt for the treatment of cyanotic congenital heart disease. Cardiol Young. 2013 Dec; 23(6):852-7.
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Conal septal morphometrics can identify higher risk neonates with tetralogy of Fallot. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 Feb; 26(2):200-7.
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Circadian rhythm of salivary cortisol in infants with congenital heart disease. Endocrine. 2013 Feb; 43(1):214-8.
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Restrictive ventricular septal defect and critical subaortic stenosis in tetralogy of Fallot. Clin Res Cardiol. 2010 Apr; 99(4):247-9.
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Two-stage surgical repair for truncus arteriosus with unilateral absence of the left proximal pulmonary artery: translocation of the left pulmonary artery to the right pulmonary artery. J Card Surg. 2010 Jan-Feb; 25(1):90-2.
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Late desaturation due to collateral veins 10 years after total cavopulmonary shunt in left atrial isomerism: surgical closure. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 May; 7(3):519-21.
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Ruptured tricuspid valve papillary muscle: a treatable cause of neonatal cyanosis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Feb; 83(2):680-2.