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| arteriole: a minute artery, especially one that, at it's distal end, leads into a capillary; the smallest of the arteries |
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| a localized dilation of the wall of a blood vessel, usually an artery, due to a cogenital defect or weakness in the vessel wall |
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| a severe pain around the heart caused by a deficiency of oxygen supply to the heart muscle |
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| any deviation from the normal pattern of the heartbeat |
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| defibrillation; process of using an electrical shock to the heart to restore its rhythm to a normal pattern |
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| abnormal condition that reflects impaired cardiac pumping |
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| any one of the abnormal conditions that affect the heart's arteries and produce pathological effects, esp. the reduced flow of blood and nutrients to the myocardium |
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| bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes caused by the preesnce of reduced hemoglobin (deficiency of O2, excess CO2) |
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| DVT, a disorder involving a thrombus in one of the deep veins of the body, most commonly in the lower leg |
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| a mass of undissolved matter, more commonly a blood clot, fatty plaque or air bubble, which becomes lodged in a blood vessel |
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| necrosis of a portion of cardiac muscle caused by partial or complete occlusion of one or more of the coronary arteries |
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| a systemic form of atherosclerosis in which blood flow is restricted by an intra-arterial accumulution of lipids and fibrin that harden over time |
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| any of several bleeding disorders characterized by bleeding into the skin |
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| a transient loss of consciousness due to inadequate blood flow to the brain; fainting |
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| an aggregation of platelets, fibrin, clotting factors, and the cellular elements of the blood attached to the interior wall of a vein or artery, sometimes occluding the lumen of the vessel |
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| diagnostic or therapeutic radiograpy of the heart and blood vessels using a contrast medium |
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| any endovascular procedure that reopens narrowed blood vessels and restores forward blood flow |
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| coronary artery bypass graft |
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| use of ultrasound to visualize internal cardiac structures and motion of the heart |
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| surgical removal of the innermost lining of an artery |
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| drugs used to control irregular heartbeat |
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| drugs that prevent clot formation |
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| drugs that eleminate fluid by increasing urine output by the kidneys |
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| coronary artery bypass graft |
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| percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
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