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| inability to adequately perform function or action |
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| description of leaf-shaped structures that make heart valve |
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| space within any organ or structure |
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| uneasy feeling of weakness or distress |
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| blockage of vessel or other passage |
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| open or unblocked artery or other passage |
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| localized abnormal dilation of a vessel, usually an artery, congenital weakness in wall [aneurysmorraphy] |
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| electricity [electrocardiogram] |
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| blood vessel [hemangioma] |
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| hardening; white of eye [arteriosclerosis] |
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| narrowing, stricture [stenotic] |
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| stationary blood clot [thrombolysis] |
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| ventricle (heart or brain) [ventricular] |
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| record, writing [arteriogram] |
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| instrument for recording [electrocardiograph] |
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| process of recording [angiography] |
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| narrowing, stricture [aortostenosis] |
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| in, within [endovascular] |
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| localized abnormal dilation of a vessel, usually an artery, congenital weakness in wall |
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| loss of effective cardiac function |
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| cessation of blood circulation |
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| inability of heart to maintain a steady rhythm |
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| soft blowing sound heard on auscultation, heart murmur |
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| thin, flexible, hollow plastic tube inserted surgically in vessel |
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| narrowing of aorta or other vessel |
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| moving mass of undissolved matter, thrombus circulation in blood |
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| spontaneous muscle contractions, esp. heart |
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| arrest of bleeding or circulation |
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| excessive lipids in blood |
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| high BP, primary: no identifiable cause, secondary: usually correctable cause |
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| hypertensive heart disease |
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| heart disease caused by high BP |
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| implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) |
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| implantable device to monitor and correct arrhythmia |
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| necrotic area of tissue due to loss of blood supply |
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| local & temporary deficiency of blood supply due to obstruction |
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| mitral valve prolapse (MVP) |
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| leaflets prolapse into atrium during systole causing murmur |
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| tracer to follow substance through body or a structure |
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| forcible or irregular heart beat felt by pt |
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| failure of ductus arteriosus to close after birth |
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| blood circulation through tissue or passage of fluids through vessels of an organ |
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| congenital set of four defects: 1) pulmonary artery stenosis 2) interventricular septal defect 3) transposition of aorta, both venus & arterial blood go to aorta 4) R ventricular hypertrophy as result of other 3 conditions |
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| slender device to hold open vessel |
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| alt state of consciousness or fainting due to decreased blood flow to brain |
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| blood clot that obstructs a vessel |
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| electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG) |
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| graphic line recording showing electrical excitation of heart |
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| EKG taken w/portable device over 24 hrs. |
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| EKG taken under controlled stress conditions |
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| radioisotope injected during exercise to show areas receiving insufficient oxygen |
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| catheter through vein to heart to gather data |
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| series of tests to asses risk factors of ischemic heart disease |
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| blood test that measures troponin & creatine kinase levels, indicator for myocardial injury |
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| X-ray of aorta w/contrast medium |
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| X-ray of blood vessels around heart |
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| US to record blood flow & asses thrombosis |
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| magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
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| radiowaves & strong magnetic field to produce cross-sectional images |
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| controlled electric shock to restore normal heart rhythm |
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| balloon catheter inserted to dilate blood vessel |
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| coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) |
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| femoral vein grafted to coronary artery |
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| removal of material from occluded vessel |
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| removal and examination of small piece of tissue for diagnostic purposes |
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| destruction of conductive tissue in heart to restore sinus rhythm |
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| surgery on exposed heart w/assistance of heart-lung machine |
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| destruction of blood clot using tissue plasminogen activators and other anti-clotting agents |
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| intravascular thrombolysis |
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| infusion of thrombolytic agent into vessel to dissolve clot |
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| puncture of a vein by a needle, instill med, draw blood, start IV, inject radiopaque substance, etc. |
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| drug to increase excretion of water and Na by kidneys, treat edema & high BP, cause freq. urination |
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| increase caliber of vessel by relaxing smooth muscle in tunica media |
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| amount of blood pumped out of ventricle, expressed as a percent of end-diastolic volume (58% in healthy man) |
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| backward flow of blood through incompetent heart valve |
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| muscle encircling a duct or tube where contraction constricts the lumen or orifice |
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| reduction in the caliber of vessel due to contraction of smooth muscle in tunica media |
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