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| rapid but regular contractions, usually of the atria |
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| very rapid, random, inefficient, and irregular contractions of the heart (350 beats or more per minute) |
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| abnormalities in the heart at birth |
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| coarctations of the aorta |
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| passageway (ductus arteriosus) between the aorta and the pulmonary artery remains open (patent) after birth |
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| small holes in the wall between the atria (atrial septal defects) or the ventricles (ventricular septal defects) |
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| small holes in teh wall between the atria |
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| ventricular septal defects |
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| small holes in the walls between the ventricles |
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| congenital malformation involving four distinct heart defects |
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| pulmonary artery stenosis |
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| congenital malformation where the pulmonary artery is narrow or obstructed |
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| ventricular septal defect |
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| congenital malformation where there is a large hole between two ventricles that lets venous blood pass from the right to the left ventricle and out to the aorta without oxygenation |
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| shift of the aorta to the right |
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| congenital malformation where the aorta overrides the interventricular septum, and deoxygenated blood passes from the right ventricle to the aorta |
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| hypertrophy of the right ventricle |
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| congenital malformation where the myocardium works harder o pump blood through a narrowed pulmonary artery |
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| heart is unable to pump it required amount of blood |
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| What is the abbreviation for congestive heart failure? |
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| disease of the arteries surrounding the heart |
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| inflammation of the inner lining of the heart |
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| hypertensive heart disease |
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| high blood pressure affecting the heart |
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| improper closure of the mitral valve |
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| extra heart sound, heard between normal beats |
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| inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart |
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| membrane surrounding the heart |
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| heart disease caused by rheumatic fever |
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| local widening of an arterial wall |
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| blood clot forms in a large vein, usually in the lower limb |
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