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| outermost connective tissue covering of an organ, vessel, or other structure |
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| abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery due to weakness in the wall of the blood vessel. |
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| blood vessels that deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the tissues of the body |
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| Hardening of the arteries |
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| Hole in the wall between the two upper chambers of your heart. The condition is present from birth (congenital). |
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| smallest of the blood vessels and serve as the connection between the arterial and venal systems of the cardiac system |
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| narrowing of part of the aorta; birth defect |
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| Heart failure is a condition in which the heart cannot pump enough blood to the rest of the body. |
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| failure of the right side of the heart brought on by long-term high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries and right ventricle of the heart. |
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| narrowing of the small blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to the heart |
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| is the period phase of time when the heart refills with blood following systole (contraction) |
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| inner layer of the aorta, the large blood vessel branching off the heart, tears |
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| procedure that uses ultrasound technology to examine the heart or blood vessels. |
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| a blood vessel connecting the pulmonary artery to the proximal descending aorta |
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| selective occlusion of blood vessels by purposely introducing emboli, in other words deliberately blocking a blood vessel- interventional |
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| innermost layer of tissue that lines the chambers of the heart. |
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| a serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart. |
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| allows blood to enter the left atrium from the right atrium in a fetal heart |
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| a localized dilation of an artery in which the entire circumference of the vessel is distended |
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| Gated cardiac blood pool scans |
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| muscular organ in humans and other animals, which pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system |
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| a small localized area of dead tissue resulting from failure of blood supply. |
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| innermost tunica (layer) of an artery or vein |
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| restriction in blood supply to tissues,causing a shortage of oxygen and glucose needed for cellular metabolism (to keep tissue alive) |
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| inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine |
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| extra or unusual sound heard during a heartbeat. |
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| Myocardial perfusion scan |
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| nuclear medicine procedure that illustrates the function of the heart muscle (myocardium) |
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| muscular tissue of the heart |
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| is a condition in which the ductus arteriosus does not close. (The word "patent" means open.) The ductus arteriosus is a blood vessel that allows blood to go around the baby's lungs before birth. |
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| Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty |
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| is a minimally invasive procedure to open up blocked coronary arteries |
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| Permanent catheterization |
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| blockage of an artery in the lungs by fat, air, a blood clot, or tumor cells. |
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| inflammatory disease that may develop after an infection with group A Streptococcus bacteria |
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| Right and left ventricles |
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| The heart's natural pacemaker, one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the heart rate |
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| small mesh tube that's used to treat narrow or weak arteries |
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| Period of contraction of the ventricles of the heart that occurs between the first and second heart sounds |
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| breakdown (lysis) of blood clots by pharmacological means, and commonly called clot busting |
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| swelling (inflammation) of a vein caused by a blood clot. |
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| blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis |
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| Transesophageal echocardiography |
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| Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent |
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| Transposition of great vessels |
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| a heart defect that occurs from birth (congenital). The two major vessels that carry blood away from the heart -- the aorta and the pulmonary artery -- are switched (transposed). |
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| also called heart valve disease or narrowed valve, occurs when there is blockage of one or more valves of your heart. |
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| blood vessels that carry blood toward the heart |
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| blood clot (thrombus) that forms within a vein |
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| Ventricular septal defects |
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| describes one or more holes in the wall that separates the right and left ventricles of the heart |
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