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| thickening, loss of elasticity, and calcification of the arterial walls |
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| artherosclerosis, artheromatous plaque |
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| buildup of fatty substances within the walls of arteries; a swollen area within the lining of an artery caused by the buildup of fat |
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| a clot carried in the bloodstream that obstructs when it lodges |
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| condition of narrowing of a part |
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| plugging, obstruction or a closing off |
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| to hold back blood; decreased blood flow to tissue caused by constriction or occlusion of a blood vessel |
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| a lack of flow through a blood vessel caused by narrowing, occlusion |
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| to stuff; a localized area of cell death caused by ischemia as a result of occlusion of a blood vessel |
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| chest pain caused by a temporary loss of oxygen to the heart caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries |
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| a widening; bulging of the wall of the heart, aorta, or an artery caused by congenital defect or acquired weakness |
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| to limp; pain in a limb while walking that subsides after rest; caused by inadequate blood supply |
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| an abnormal sound from the heart produced by defects in the chambers or valves |
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| subjective experience of pounding, skipping or racing heartbeats |
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| to grow; an abnormal growth of tissue around a valve, generally a result of an infection such as bacterial endocarditis |
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| any of several kinds of irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat |
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| arteriosclerotic heart disease |
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| a degenerative condition of the arteries characterized by thickening of the inner lining, loss of elasticity and susceptibility to rupture - seen most often in aged or smokers |
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| a bacterial inflammation that affects the endocardium or the heart valves |
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| compression of the heart produced by the accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac as results from pericarditis or trauma, causing rupture of a blood vessel within the heart |
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| a general term for disease of the heart muscle |
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| congenital anomaly of the heart |
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| malformations of the heart present at birth |
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| atrial septal defect (ASD) |
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| an opening in the septum separating the atria |
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| narrowing of the descending portion of the aorta resulting in a limited flow of blood to the lower part of the body |
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| an abnormal opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta caused by the failure of the fetal ductus arteriosis to close after birth |
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| ventricular septal defect |
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| an opening in the septum separating the ventricles |
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| congestive heart failure (CHF) |
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| failure of the left ventricle to pump an adequate amount of blood to meet the demands of the body, resulting in a bottleneck of congestion in the lungs that may extend to the veins, causing edema in lower portions of the body |
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| coronary artery disease (CAD) |
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| a condition affecting arteries of the heart that reduces the flow of blood and delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the myocardium - most often caused by artherosclerosis |
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| persistently high blood pressure |
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| essential primary hypertension |
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| high blood pressure attributed to no single cause but risks include smoking obesity, increased salt intake, hypercholesterolemia, and hereditary factors |
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| high BP caused be the effects of another disease |
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| mitral valve prolapse (MVP) |
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| protrusion of one or both cusps of the mitral valve back into the left atrium during ventricular contraction, resulting in incomplete closure and backflow of blood |
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| myocardial infarction (MI) |
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| inflammation of the myocardium most often caused by viral of bacterial infection |
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| inflammation of the pericardium |
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| damage to heart muscle and heart valves by rheumatic fever |
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| inflammation of a vein associated with a clot formation |
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| abnormally swollen, twisted veins with defective valves, most often seen in the legs |
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| formation of a clot in a deep vein of the body, occurring most often in the femoral and iliac veins |
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