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| Vessel (typically blood or lymph) |
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| Soft blowing sound hears on auscultation, possibly due to vibrations associated with the movement of blood |
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| Narrowing of a vessel, especially aorta |
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| Blood clot that forms in the deep veins of the body |
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| Calculation of how much blood a ventricle can eject with on contraction |
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| Arrest of bleeding or circulation |
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| Area of tissue that undergoes necrosis following cessation of blood supply |
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| Local and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to circulatory obstruction |
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| Failure of the ductus arteriosus to close after birth allowing blood to flow from aorta into pulmonary artery |
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| Circulation of blood through tissues or the passage of fluids through vessels of an organ |
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| Series of tests used to assess risk factors of ischemic heart disease |
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| Radiographic imaging of the heart and blood vessels after injection of a contrast dye |
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| Radio waves and a strong magnetic field |
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| Multiple-gated acquisition |
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| Nuclear procedure that uses radioactive tracers to produce movie-like images of the structure of the heart, including the myocardium and the mitral and tricuspid valves |
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| Radiation emitted by the body after injection of radioactive substances to crate images of various organs or identify body functions and diseases |
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| Procedure to restore normal rhythm of the heart by applying a controlled electrical shock to the exterior of the chest |
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| Procedure that alters a vessel through surgery or dilation of the vessel using a balloon catheter |
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| Removal of material from an occluded vessel using a specially designated catheter fitted with a cutting or grinding device |
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| Destruction of a conduction tissue of the heart to interrupt the abnormal conduction pathway causing arrhythmia, thus allowing normal heart rhythm to resume |
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| Surgical separation of the leaflets of the mitral valve, which have fused together at their commissures |
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| Procedure used to remove or treat varicose veins |
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| Puncture of the pericardium to remove excess fluid from the pericardial sac |
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| Puncture of a vein by a needle to draw blood |
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