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| fatty plaques line blood vessels, become calcified and hard - hardening of the arteries. Blood pressure rises and can result in heart and kidney damage and strokes. |
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| myocardial infraction (MI) |
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| infarction- blockage of blood flow resulting in death of muscle tissue. Heart attack. Blockage occurs in one of coronary arteries. |
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| the left heart valve, mitral valve, tears away due to disease. "falling forward" |
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| mitral prolapse leads to leakage and backward flow. |
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| narrowing or a valve, obstructing and restricting flow. |
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| narrowing or a valve, obstructing and restricting flow. |
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| "pain in the chest". Crushing/vise-like feeling in chest, with shortness of breath, fatigue and nausea. Not enough blood getting to heart muscle. Nitroglycerine increases blood flow to heart. |
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| arrythmia - no rhytm. dysrythmia - abnormal rhythm. usually used interchangeably. |
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| heart muscle is not getting enough blood flow and oxygen is insufficient to sustain the muscle. "not quite eough blood". usually leads to angina and maybe heart attack. |
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