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01/05/2005

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Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
Definition
A condition marked by weakness, edema (An excessive accumulation of serous fluid in tissue spaces or a body cavity), and shortness of breath that is caused by the inability of the heart to maintain adequate blood circulation in the peripheral tissues and the lungs;
heart failure in which the heart is unable to maintain adequate circulation of blood in the tissues of the body or to pump out the venous blood returned to it by the venous circulation
Term
Anorexia
Definition
Appetite loss
Term
Thrombocytopenia
Definition
Decrease in thrombocytes counts, may increase bleeding in patient.
Term
Ventricular arrhythmia
Definition
Irregular movement of left ventricles of heart.
Term
Pulmonary toxicity
Definition
Lung toxicity
Term
Gingival hyperplasia
Definition
Gum inflammation and bleeding
Term
Ataxia
Definition
Unsteady movement of body
Term
Nystagmus
Definition
Rapid involuntary movement of eyes that may be from side to side, up and down, or rotary
Term
S.L.E.
Definition
Systemic lupus erythematosus
(Chronic inflammatory disease of connective tissue)
Term
Blood dyscrasia
Definition
Abnormality in blood;
A diseased state of the blood, usually one in which the blood contains permanent abnormal cellular elements.
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A.V. node suppression
Definition
Slowing down in conduction (the transmission of excitation through living tissue and especially nervous tissue ) velocity of heart
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Negative Inotropic effects
Definition
slowing in heart rate
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