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| medicine focusing on the health of the respiratory system |
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| doc with special training and skill in finding, treating & preventing diseases of the heart & blood vessels |
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| abnormal amount of fluid around the lung |
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| blood doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells |
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| accumulation of fluid in the feet and lower legs |
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| irregular, often rapid heart rate that commonly causes poor blood flow |
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| on the right dorsal side of the mammalian heart, between the right atrium and the right ventricle |
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| backflow of blood caused by failure of the heart's mitral valve to close tightly |
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| an exam where one of the few places to see live blood vessels |
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| condition in which a person's veins swell up because there's too much blood in them |
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| mixture of saliva and mucus coughed up from the respiratory tract |
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| analysis of urine by physical, chemical, and microscopical means to test for the presence of disease, drugs, etc. |
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| group of thinking and social symptoms that interferes with daily functioning |
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| Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) |
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| chronic condition in which the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should |
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| balanced diet, but must be lower sodium choices |
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| routine activities that people tend do every day without needing assistance |
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| shortness of breath: difficulty in breathing |
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| a blood test performed using a glucose meter |
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| acquired or hereditary disease of the heart muscle |
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