EXPLODE, FOCUS, SUBHEADINGS, AND LIMIT REVIEW

EXPLODE

Explode is one of the decisions you will make about each subject heading (MeSH) during the search process.

Exploding will retrieve MeSH terms that are part of the family or tree of the original term (those that are indented under the original MeSH.

The rule-of-thumb is to explode your MeSH term.

Select Subject Heading  Hits   Explode   Focus      Heart Diseases 6195       Arrhythmia 4861         Carcinoid Heart Disease 49         Cardiac Output, High 25         Cardiac Output, Low 1302         Cardiac Tamponade 738       Cardiomegaly 1811       Endocarditis 582         Heart Aneurysm 594       Heart Arrest 2851       Heart Defects, Congenital 4662       Heart Failure, Congestive 10821         Heart Neoplasms 1793       Heart Rupture 152       Heart Valve Diseases 2193       Myocardial Diseases 2600       Myocardial Ischemia 9168         Pericardial Effusion 988       Pericarditis 561         Pneumopericardium 89         Postpericardiotomy Syndrome 25         Pulmonary Heart Disease 213         Rheumatic Heart Disease 600       Ventricular Dysfunction 306         Ventricular Outflow Obstruction 492

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