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| A BULGE IN AN ARTERY CAUSED BY WEAKENING OF THE ARTERIAL WALL. |
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| THE LOWER LEFT TIP OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART; ALSO, THE ROUNDED UPPER PORTION OF EACH LUNG. |
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| DISEASE OF THE ARTERIES CHARACTERIZED BY LOSS OF ELASTICITY AND HARDENING OF THE ARTERIAL WALLS. |
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| DISEASE CHARATERIZED BY THE BUILDUP OF CHOLESTEROL DEPOSITS IN THE ARTERIAL LINING. |
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| A SLOW HEART RATE (USUALLY A HEART RATE UNDER 60 BEATS PER MINUTE). |
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| THE PUMPING ACTION OF THE HEART FROM ONE BEAT TO THE NEXT. |
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| INTENTIONAL STOPPING OF THE HEART DURING CARDIAC SURGERY. |
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| A CONGENITAL NARROWING OR STRICTURE IN THE DESCENDING THORACIC AORTA. |
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| CONDITION PRESENT AT BIRTH. |
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| TO PLACE A CLAMP ACROSS A STRUCTURE (USUALLY A BLOOD VESSEL) TO OCCLUDE IT. |
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| ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM. |
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| UNCOORADINATED MUSCULAR ACTIVITY IN THE HEART MUSCLE, WHICH RESULTS IN "QUIVERING" RATHER THAN PUMPING ACTION. RESULTS IN POOLING OF BLOOD. |
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| A TYPE OF ANEURYSM THAT INVOLVES THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF A BLOOD VESSEL. |
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| MEDICAL DEVICE USED DURING CARDIAC BYPASS. |
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| NECROSIS AND DEATH OF TISSUE RELATED TO OBSTRUCTION OF BLOOD FLOW. |
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| REDUCED BLOOD SUPPLY TO TISSUE. |
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| AN ENCLOSED CAVITY IN THE CHEST THAT CONTAINS THE HEART, LARGE VESSELS, TRACHEA, ESOPHAGUS, AND LYMPH NODES. |
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| PROCEDURE PERFORMED WITHOUT A CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS. |
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| DEVICE THAT STIMULATES THE HEART MUSCLE TO CONTRACT. |
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| PROCESS OF SOAKING A GRAFT OR PATCH OF SYNTHETIC GRAFT MATERIAL IN THE PATIENT'S BLOOD OR PLASMA BOFOR INSERTION. |
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| TYPE OF ANEURYSM IN WHICH A SACLIKE FORMATION WITH A NARROW NECK PROJECTS FORM THE SIDE OF THE ARTERY. |
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| TO BYPASS A STRUCTURE OR CARRY FLUID FROM ONE ANATOMICAL LOCATION TO ANOTHER. |
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| THE NARROWING OF A HOLLOW STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BLOOD VESSEL OR DUCT. |
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| INCISION MADE INTO THE STERNUM. |
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| A FAST HEART RATE (USUALLY OVER 120 BEATS PER MINUTE). |
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| INCISION MADE INTO THE THORACIC CAVITY. |
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