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| Local dilations in a blood vessel wall |
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| Paroxysmal chest pain usually caused by a decrease in blod flow to the heart muscle due to coronary artery occusion |
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| Activity recorded in an electrocardiogram caused by extraneous activty such as patient movement, loose lead, or electrical interefence |
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| Build-up of fatty plaque on the interior lining of arteries |
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| Heart rate of less then 60 beats per minute |
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| Any disease affecting the myocardium |
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| Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) |
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| Ischemia of the brain due to an occlusion of the blood vessels supplying the brain, resulting in varying degrees of debilitaion |
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| Condition in which the heart cannot pump effectively |
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| Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |
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| Surgical procedure that increases the blood flow to the heart by bypassing the occluded or blocked vessel with a graft |
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| Procedure that produces a record of the electrical activity of the heart |
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| Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart |
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| Electrode or electrical connection attached to the body to record electrical impluses in the body, especially the heart or brain |
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| Death of cardiac muscle due to lack of blood flow to the muscle; also known as a heart attack |
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| Inflammation of the myocardial layer of the heart |
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| Feeling of an increased heart rate or pounding heart that may be felt during an emotional response or a cardiac disorder |
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| Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) |
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| Procedure that improvese blood flow through a coronary artey by pressing the plaque against the wall of the artery with a ballon on a catheter, allowing for more blood flow |
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| Inflammation of the sac that covers the heart |
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| Heart rate of more then 90 beats per minute |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) |
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| Acute episode of cerebrovascular insuffieiency, usually a result of narrow of an artery by atherosclerotic plaques, emboli, or vasospasm; usually passes quickly but should be considered a warning for predisposition to cerebrovascular accidents |
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