Hyperemia

"Hyperemia" 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.

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The presence of an increased amount of blood in a body part or an organ leading to congestion or engorgement of blood vessels. Hyperemia can be due to increase of blood flow into the area (active or arterial), or due to obstruction of outflow of blood from the area (passive or venous).

Descriptor ID	D006940
MeSH Number(s)	C14.907.474
Concept/Terms	Hyperemia Hyperemia Hyperemias Active Hyperemia Active Hyperemia Hyperemia, Active Arterial Hyperemia Hyperemia, Arterial Venous Engorgement Venous Engorgement Engorgement, Venous Venous Congestion Congestion, Venous Passive Hyperemia Hyperemia, Passive Reactive Hyperemia Reactive Hyperemia Hyperemia, Reactive Hyperemias, Reactive Reactive Hyperemias

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Diseases [C]
Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
Vascular Diseases [C14.907]
Hyperemia [C14.907.474]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	1	1
2009	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1
2013	0	1	1
2016	2	0	2
2017	1	2	3
2019	1	0	1
2025	1	0	1

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Goldwaser EL, Yuen A, Marshall W, Adhikari BM, Chiappelli J, van der Vaart A, Kvarta M, Ma Y, Du X, Gao S, Bruce H, Donnelly P, Mitchell B, Hong C, Wang DJJ, Kochunov P, Hong LE. Peripheral Microvascular and Cerebral White Matter Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: Implications of a Body-Brain Endothelial Pathophysiology. Schizophr Bull. 2025 11 10; 51(6):1658-1667.

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Giatsidis G. Discussion: Flap Blood Glucose as a Sensitive and Specific Indicator for Flap Venous Congestion: A Rodent Model Study. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 09; 144(3):419e-420e.

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Pyxaras SA, Adriaenssens T, Barbato E, Ughi GJ, Di Serafino L, De Vroey F, Toth G, Tu S, Reiber JHC, Bax JJ, Wijns W. In-stent fractional flow reserve variations and related optical coherence tomography findings: the FFR-OCT co-registration study. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Apr; 34(4):495-502.

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Merchant S, Medow MS, Visintainer P, Terilli C, Stewart JM. Oscillatory lower body negative pressure impairs working memory task-related functional hyperemia in healthy volunteers. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2017 Apr 01; 312(4):H672-H680.

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Kruse MJ, Kovell L, Kasper EK, Pomper MG, Moller DR, Solnes L, Chen ES, Schindler TH. Myocardial Blood Flow and Inflammatory Cardiac Sarcoidosis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 02; 10(2):157-167.

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Labropoulos N, Jasinski PT, Adrahtas D, Gasparis AP, Meissner MH. A standardized ultrasound approach to pelvic congestion syndrome. Phlebology. 2017 Oct; 32(9):608-619.

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Stewart JM, Balakrishnan K, Visintainer P, Del Pozzi AT, Messer ZR, Terilli C, Medow MS. Oscillatory lower body negative pressure impairs task related functional hyperemia in healthy volunteers. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2016 Mar 15; 310(6):H775-84.

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Bigornia SJ, Farb MG, Tiwari S, Karki S, Hamburg NM, Vita JA, Hess DT, Lavalley MP, Apovian CM, Gokce N. Insulin status and vascular responses to weight loss in obesity. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Dec 17; 62(24):2297-305.

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Bhave NM, Freed BH, Yodwut C, Kolanczyk D, Dill K, Lang RM, Mor-Avi V, Patel AR. Considerations when measuring myocardial perfusion reserve by cardiovascular magnetic resonance using regadenoson. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2012 Dec 28; 14:89.

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Matsumoto A. Management of gastric varices. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2012 Oct; 35(5):1253; author reply 1254.

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