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diaphoresis |
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profuse sweating |
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incompetent |
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inability to adequately perform a given function or action |
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leaflet |
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thin flattened structure |
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malaise |
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vague uneasy feeling of the body weakness, distress, or discomfort |
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occlusion |
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blockage; the state of being closed |
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patent |
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open and unblocked |
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prophylaxis |
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preventive measure or technique |
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viscosity |
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state of being sticky or gummy |
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aneurysm/o |
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a widening, a widened blood vessel |
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angi/o orvascul/o |
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vessel (usually blood or lymph) |
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aort/o |
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aorta |
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arteri/o |
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artery |
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arteriol/o |
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arteriole |
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atri/o |
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atrium |
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ather/o |
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fatty plaque |
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embol/o |
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plug |
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hemangi/o |
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blood vessel |
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my/o |
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muscle |
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phleb/o orven/o |
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vein |
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sphygm/o |
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pulse |
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sten/o |
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narrowing |
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thromb/o |
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blood clot |
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-gram |
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writing, record |
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-graph |
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instrument for recording |
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-graphy |
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process of recorging |
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-sphyxia |
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pulse |
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endo- |
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within, in |
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extra- |
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outside |
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aneurysm |
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localized abnormal dilation of a vessel |
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arrest |
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condition of being stopped or bringing to a stop |
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arrhythmia |
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inability of the heart to maintain a steady rhythm |
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bruit |
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soft blowing sound head on auscltation; murmur |
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cardiomyopathy |
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any disease of the heart muscle that diminishes cardiac function |
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coarctation |
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narrowing of a vessel |
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heart failure |
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failure of the heart to supply an adequate amount of blood to tissues |
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fibrillation |
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quivering or spontaneous muscle contractions |
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hemostasis |
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arrest of bleeding or circulation |
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hyperlipidemia |
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excessive amounts of lipids in the blood |
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primary hypertension |
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hypertension in which there is no identifiable cause; aka essential hypertension |
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secondary hypertension |
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hypertension that results from an underlying, identifiable, commonly correctable cause |
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bypertensive heart disease |
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any heart disorder caused by prolonged hypertension |
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implantable cardioverter defibrillator |
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implantable battery- powered device that monitors and if necessary contracts an irregular heart rhythm by sending impulses to the heart |
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infaract |
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area of tissue that undergoes necrosis |
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ischemia |
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local and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to circulatory obstruction |
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mitral valve prolapse |
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common and occasionally serious condtion in which the leaflets of the mitral valve prolapse into the left atrium |
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radioisotope |
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chemical radioactive substance used as a tracer to follow a substance through the body or structure |
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palpitation |
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sensation that the heart is not beating normally |
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patent ductus arteriosus |
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failure of the ductus arteriosus to close after birth, allowing blood to flow fromt he aorta into the pulmonary artery |
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perfusion |
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circulation of blood through tissues or the passage of fluids through vessels of an organ |
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tetralogy of Fallot |
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congential anomaly consisting of four elements |
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stent |
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slender or threadlike device use to hold open vessels tubes, or an obstructed artery |
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Stokes- Adams syndrome |
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altered state of consciousness or fainting due to decreased blood flow to the brain cause by prolonged asystole |
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thrombus |
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blood clot that obstructs a vessel |
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