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| Portion of the nervous system that regulates involuntary actions such as heart rate, digestion, and peristalsis |
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| Thin, flattened structure: term used to describe th leaf shaped structures that compose a heart valve. |
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| Tubular space or channel within any organ or structure of the body; space within an artery, vein, intestine, or tube |
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| Backflow or ejecting of contents through an opening |
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| Circular muscle found in a tubular structure of hollow organt that constricts or dilates to regulate passage of substances through its opening |
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| Narrowing of the lumen of a blood vessel that limits blood flow, usually result of diseases, medications, or physiological processes |
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| Widening of the lumen of a blood vessel caused by the relaxing of the muscles of the vascular walls |
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| Vessel (usually blood or lymph) |
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| Hardening;sclera (white of the eye) |
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| Ventricle (of the heart or brain) |
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| Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |
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Deep Vein Thrombosis
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| Localized abnormal dilation of a vessel, usually an artery |
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| Inability Of the heart to maintain a normal sinus rhythm, possibly include rapid or or slow bear or "skipping" a beat. Also called dyrhythmia |
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| Soft blowingsounds on auscultation, possibly due to vibrations associated with the movement of blood, vascular,valvular action or both. Also called a murmur |
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| Blood clot that forms in deep veins, especially legs thighs |
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| Mass of undissoved circulating in blood or lymphatic channels until it becomes lodged in a vessel |
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| Arrest ofbleeding or circulation |
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| Excessive amounts of lipid ( cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids) in the blood |
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| Commodisorder characterized by elevated blood pressurepersistentlyexceeding 140 mm hog systolic or 90 mmhg diastolic |
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| Hon in which there is no identifiable cause Also called essential hypertension |
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| HTn that results from an underlying identifiable commonly correctable cause |
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| area of tissue that undergoes necrosis following cessation of blood supply |
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| hypertensive heart disease |
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| Any heart disorder caused by prolonged hypertension, including left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure |
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| local and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to circulatory obstruction |
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| sensation that the heart is not beating normally, possibly including thumping, fluttering, skipped beats or a pounding feeling in the chest. |
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| slender or threadlike device used to hold open vessels, tubes or obstructed arteries |
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| blood clot that obstructs a vessel |
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