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| BALLOONING OF AN ARTERY AS A RESULT OF WEAKENING OF THE ARTERIAL WALL. |
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| DILATION OF AN ARTERY USING ENDOVASCULAR TECHNIQUES. |
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| DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY THICKENING, HARDENING, AND LOSS OF ELASTICITY OF THE ARTERIAL WALL. |
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| INCISION MADE IN AN ARTERY, USUALLY TO PERFORM AN ANASTOMOSIS WITH A GRAFT OR ANOTHER ARTERY OR TO REMOVE PLAQUE OR A THROMBUS. |
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| ARTERIOVENOUS (AV) FISTULA |
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| NATURALLY OCCURRING OR SURGICALLY CREATED CONNECTION BETWEEN AN ARTERY AND A VEIN. |
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| THE MOST COMMON FORM OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, WHICH CAUSES PLAQUE TO FORM ON THE INNER SURFACE OF AN ARTERY. |
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| THE Y-SHAPE OF AN ARTERY OR GRAFT. |
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| THE LOWEST PRESSURE EXERTED ON THE ARTERIAL WALL DURING THE RESTING PHASE OF THE CARDIAC CYCLE. |
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| DOPPLER DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY |
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| TYPE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY THAT AMPLIFIES SOUNDS THAT PASS THROUGH TISSUE AND PRODUCES A VISUAL IMAGE OF BLOOD FLOW. |
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| ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) |
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| DIAGNOSTIC TOOL THAT MEASURES THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN. |
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| MOVING SUBSTANCE IN THE VASCULAR SYSTEM. |
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| THE SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PLAQUE FROM INSIDE AN ARTERY. |
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| TERM MEANING "OUTSIDE THE BODY." |
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| PROCESS IN WHICH BLOOD IS SHUNTED OUT OF THE BODY AND PASSED THROUGH A COMPLEX SET OF FILTERS FOR THE TREATMENT OF END STAGE RENAL DISEASE. |
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| TERM REFERRING TO THE PRESSURE, FLOW, AND RESISTANCE IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. |
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| AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN BLOOD PRESSURE. |
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| AN ABNORMALLY LOW BLOOD PRESSURE. |
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| ABLOCKAGE IN AN ARTERY THAT LEADS TO ISCHEMIA AND TISSUE DEATH. |
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| TERM MEANING "IN THE NATURAL POSITION OR NORMAL PLACE WITHOUT DISTURBING OR INVADING SURROUNDING TISSUES." |
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| DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN WHICH A TRANSCUDER IS INTRODUCED INTO AN ARTERY AND ULTRASOUND IS USED TO TRANSLATE THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LUMEN INTO A VISIBLE IMAGE. |
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| DECREASE IN OR ABSENCE OF BLOOD TO A LOCALIZED AREA, USUALLY RELATED TO VASCULAR OBSTRUCTION. |
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| INSIDE OF A HOLLOW STRUCTURE, SUCH AS A BLOOD VESSEL. |
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| TERM MEANING "THROUGH THE SKIN." |
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| POOLING OF BLOOD IN THE VEINS CAUSED BY INACTIVITY OR DISEASE. |
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| A TUBULAR DEVICE PLACED INSIDE AN ARTERY FOR DILATION, SUPPORT, AND TO PREVENT STRICTURE. |
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| THE HIGHEST PRESSURE EXERTED ON THE INSIDE ARTERIAL WALL DURING CONTRACTION OF THE HEART. |
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| AN ORGANIC OR NONORGANIC MATERIAL BLOCKING AN ARTERY. |
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| A LENGTH OF MESH TAPE USED TO LOOP AROUND A BLOOD VESSEL FOR RETRACTION. |
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| THINNING AND ENLARGEMENT OF VEINS AS A RESULT OF STASIS. |
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| A DEVICE USED TO RETRACT A VESSEL DURING SURGERY. |
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