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In this case, exploding Heart Diseases will include articles that are indexed to the generic term heart diseases, AND all of the specific kinds of heart diseases -- arrythmia, carcinoid heart disease, cardiac tamponade, cardiomegaly, endocarditis, and the rest of the terms in the heart diseases tree.

You do not need to explode every term in the tree. Instead, just explode the main term -- heart diseases.

Select Term(s)Subject Heading Hits  Explode  Focus  Scope Note 
 Cardiovascular Diseases25394
  Cardiovascular Abnormalities299
  Heart Diseases10511
   Arrhythmia7978
    Carcinoid Heart Disease88
    Cardiac Output, High49
    Cardiac Output, Low2146
    Cardiac Tamponade1189
   Cardiomegaly2927
   Cardiomyopathies4497
   Endocarditis929
    Heart Aneurysm1002
   Heart Arrest4833
   Heart Defects, Congenital7709
   Heart Failure, Congestive20502
    Heart Neoplasms2909
   Heart Rupture243
   Heart Valve Diseases3623
   Myocardial Ischemia14591
    Pericardial Effusion1562
   Pericarditis947
    Pneumopericardium142
    Postpericardiotomy Syndrome43
    Pulmonary Heart Disease309
    Rheumatic Heart Disease985
   Ventricular Dysfunction506
    Ventricular Outflow Obstruction880