Endocardial Cushions
"Endocardial Cushions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A fetal heart structure that is the bulging areas in the cardiac septum between the HEART ATRIA and the HEART VENTRICLES. During development, growth and fusion of endocardial cushions at midline forms the two atrioventricular canals, the sites for future TRICUSPID VALVE and BICUSPID VALVE.
| Descriptor ID |
D054089
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.541.459.374 A16.378.303.662
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| Concept/Terms |
Endocardial Cushions- Endocardial Cushions
- Endocardial Cushion
- Atrioventricular Canal Cushions
- Atrioventricular Canal Cushion
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Endocardial Cushions" by people in Profiles.
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Harvey DC, Baer RJ, Bandoli G, Chambers CD, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Kumar SR. Association of Alcohol Use Diagnostic Codes in Pregnancy and Offspring Conotruncal and Endocardial Cushion Heart Defects. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 01 18; 11(2):e022175.
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Peal DS, Lynch SN, Milan DJ. Patterning and development of the atrioventricular canal in zebrafish. J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2011 Dec; 4(6):720-6.