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| Disorders resulting in the mixing of venous and arterial blood |
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| Localized dilation and weakening of an arterial wall |
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| Severe chest pain as a result of oxygen deficit to the myocardium |
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| Radiography of the heart and vessels |
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| Abnormality of heart rhythm |
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| A cardiovascular disorder, the result of loss of elasticity and accumulation of collagen, that results in a thickening of the arterial walls |
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| Plaques consisting of lipids, cells, fibrin, and debris, often with attached thrombi |
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| Degenerative changes that promote the accumulation of cholesterols in the walls of large arteries |
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| Heart rate more than 350 beats per minute |
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| Atrioventricular (AV) node |
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| Small mas of specialized cardiac muscle that is part of the conduction system of the heart |
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| Act of listening to organ sounds to diagnose a problem |
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| Regular but slow heart rate, often a result of vagal nerve or parasympathetic nerve stimulation |
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| Bundle of specialized conductive cardiac cells that relay the signal from the AV node to the ventricles |
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| Extreme cramplike leg (occasionally arm) pain |
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| Refers to the relaxation of the heart |
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| Represents the pressure during ventricular relaxation |
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| An abnormal cardiac rhythm |
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| Record image of the heart and valve movements |
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| Region of the heart other than the SA node that can initiate heartbeat |
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| Electrocardiography (ECG) |
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| Graphic record of the heart's action potential |
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| Inflammation of the endocardium, generally caused by bacterial and fungal infections |
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| Common problem involving a consistently elevated blood pressure |
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| Portion of the thoracic cavity in the middle of the thorax |
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| Part of the brain stem responsible for control of the cardiac, vasomoter, and respiratory control center |
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| Inflammation of the myocardium, most often caused by viral and parasitic infections |
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| Contractile protein found in skeletal muscle |
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| Diminished urine production and excretion |
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| Inflammation of the fibroserous sac surrounding the heart |
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| Peripheral vascular disease |
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| Refers to any abnormality in arteries or veins that supply blood to the extremities and major abdominal organs |
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| Condition in which a thrombus forms spontaneously in a vein without prior inflammation |
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| Measures the size of limbs and blood volume in organs or tissues |
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| Subendocardial branch that conducts the signals from the bundle of His to the ventricular muscle |
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| Acute systemic inflammatory disease that can develop as a rare complication to untreated or under-treated infections caused by group A Streptococcus (that is, strep throat) |
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| Hypotension that results in a decreased circulating blood volume, leading to decreased tissue perfusion and general hypoxia |
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| "Pacemaker" of the heart that generates impulses by spontaneous depolarization |
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| Refers to the contraction of the heart |
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| Pressure of blood at ejection from the left ventricle |
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| Regular but abnormally rapid heart rate that may be a normal response to sympathetic stimulation |
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| Most common cyanotic congenital heart condition that involves four heart abnormalities |
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| An inflamed area of a vein caused by a blood clot |
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| Regulatory protein in vertebral and cardiac muscle |
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| Pronounced or permanently distended veins, usually in the lower extremities |
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| Ventricular septal defect (VSD) |
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| Opening in the interventricular septum that varies in size and location |
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| Congestive heart failure (CHF) |
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| Result of insufficient pumping capability of the heart |
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