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| The tension produced by the chamber of the heart in order to contract |
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| An abnormality of the heartbeat that causes a conscious awareness of its beating, wether it is too slow, too, fast, irregular, or at its normal frequency. |
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| Automatic response pattern |
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| The volume of blood pumped from one ventricle of the heart with each beat. It ios calculated by subtracting the volume of blood in the vnetricles at the end of a beat called end-systolic volume from the volume of blood just prior the the beat called end diastolic volume. |
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| A sudden, usually temporary, loss of consciousness generally caused by insufficient oxygen in the brain either through cerebral hypoxia or through hypotension, but possibly for other reasons. |
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Chest pain due to ischemia pf the heart muscle
(lack of blood hence oyygen supply) |
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| Refers to a heart rate that exceeds the normal range for a resting heart rate (heart rate in an inactive or sleeping individual) |
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| Defined as a resting heart rate of under 60 beats per minute, though it is seldom symptomatic until the rate drops below 50 beats per minute. |
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| The technique of mechanically widening A narrowed or obstructed blood vessel; typically as a result of atherosclerosis. Tightly folded ballons are passed into narrowed locations and then inflated to a fixed size using water pressures some 75 to 500 times normal blood pressure (6 to 20 atmospheres). |
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| An abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure. |
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| The repair of a stenotic aortic valve using a balloon catheter inside the valve. |
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| A condition in which a problem with structure or function of the heart impairs its ability to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the body's needs. |
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| a cardiac surgery procedure performed by cardiac surgeons to treat stenosis or leakage of the mitral valve. |
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| Acute myocardial infarction that occurs during the period when circulation to a region of the heart is obstructed and necrosis is occuring |
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| A localized, blood filled dilation (balloon like bluge) of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall. |
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| A localized, blood-filled dilation (balloon like bulge) of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall. |
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| Drugs are used in medicine to dissolve blood clots in a procedure termed thrombolysis. They limit the damage caused by the blockage of the blood vessel. |
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| a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated. It is also referred to as high blood pressure. |
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| The ratio of the blood pressure in the lower legs to the blood pressure in the arms. |
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