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| two blood vessels supply the same area of tissue |
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| a sac formed by the dilation of a vascular wall |
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| chest pain related to myocardial ischemia |
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| irregular beating of the heart |
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| an area of focal fibrinoid necrosis seen in ARF. This is surrounded by inflammatory cells and later resolves to form a scar. |
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| disease of large or medium sized arteries in which the intimal lining of the vessels have increased lipid deposition leading to fibrosis and plaque formation. |
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| disease that affects only the right side of the heart leading to tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary stenosis |
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| cardiac compression due to increased pericardial pressure |
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| shock that results from decreased CO as a result of severe impairment of the heart |
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| non-ischemic, non-valvular, non-hypertensive, non-infectious myocardial disease |
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| chronic ischemic heart disease |
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| decreased oxygen flow to the myocardium of the heart over an extended period of time. |
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| congenital discreet narrowing of the aortic lumen |
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| conduction system of the heart |
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| electrical system that conducts beat of the heart |
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| heart disease present at birth |
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| decreased cardiac output but maintained by compensatory mechanisms. |
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| right sided heart disease that results from a primary pulmonary process |
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| usually the result of atherosclerosis and can result in myocardial ischemia/infarct |
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| rightward orientation of the base-apex axis of the heart |
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| the time in the cardiac cycle in which the heart is at rest (not contracted) |
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| arterial continuation of the left pulmonary artery to the descending thoracic aorta |
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| Ebstein anomaly/malformation |
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| downward displacement of an abnormal triscuspid valve into an underdeveloped right ventricle. |
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| inflammation of the inner wall of the heart |
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| opening between LA and RA in a fetus |
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| inadequate systemic perfusion |
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| blood in the pericardial cavity. Can be from ruptured MI, dissecting aneurysm, or trauma |
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| hypertrophy of the myocardium |
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| cross-sectional diameter of the myocardial wall larger than 12μm. |
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| Pressure overload (↑ afterload) |
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| Results in addition of cardiomyocytes in parallel |
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| Volume overload (↑ preload) |
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| Results in addition of cardiomyocytes in series |
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| heart disease characterized by decreased oxygen supply to the myocardium. |
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| leaflets of the mitral valve do not close properly. usually congenital |
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| death of the muscular wall of the heart. Usually the result of ischemia, CAD |
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| myocardial inflammation of non-ischemic and non-rejection origin associated with cardiac dysfunction |
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| inflammation of the three cardiac layers (endocardium, myocardium, and epicardium) |
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| inflammation of the pericardial sac(visceral [epicardium], parietal, or both) |
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| cell injury caused by oxygen free radicals after blood is restored to a tissue bed that has been ischemic |
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| reversal of flow caused by failure of the valve to close completely |
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| post-streptococcal immune-mediated disease caused by cross-reactive antigens |
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| obstruction due to failure of the valve to open completely thereby inhibiting forward flow |
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| results from ventricular tachycardia progressing to V-fib. |
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| the part of the cardiac cycle during which the heart is contracted |
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| congenital VSD, dextroposition of aorta, pulmonic stenosis, and RVH |
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| transposition of great vessels |
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| congenital aorta in the RV and pulmonary artery in the LV |
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| congenital single blood vessels coming out of the left and right ventricles |
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| angina that occurs with little to no exertion, prevents a person from doing activities, and needs to be addressed |
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| vegetations seen esp in rheumatic endocarditis. Made of platelets, fibrin, microorganisms, and inflammatory cells |
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| nonbacterial endocarditis seen in SLE |
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