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angiography |
making a record of a vessel |
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angiorrhaphy |
suturing a vessel |
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angiospasm |
involuntary muscle contraction of a vessel |
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angiostenosis |
narrowing of a vessel |
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aortogram |
record of the aorta |
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aortic |
pertaining to the aorta |
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arterial |
pertaining to the artery |
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arteriole |
small artery |
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arteriorrhexis |
ruptured artery |
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arteriosclerosis |
hardening of an artery |
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atherectomy |
excision of fatty substance |
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atherosclerosis |
hardening with a fatty substance |
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atrial |
pertaining to the atrium |
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interatrial |
pertaining to between the atria |
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cardiac |
pertaining to the heart |
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bradycardia |
state of slow heart |
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cardiodynia |
heart pain |
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electrocardiogram |
record of heart electricity |
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cardiomegaly |
enlarged heart |
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myocardial |
pertaining to heart muscle |
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cardiomyopathy |
heart muscle disease |
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cardiologist |
specialist in the cardiovascular system |
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cardiorrhaphy |
suture the heart |
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tachycardia |
state of fast heart |
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coronary |
pertaining to the heart |
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phlebitis |
inflammation of a vein |
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phlebotomy |
incision in a vein |
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phleborrhaphy |
suture of a vein |
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valvulitis |
inflammation of a valve |
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valvular |
pertaining to a valve |
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venous |
pertaining to a vein |
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venule |
small vein |
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venotomy |
incision into a vein |
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ventricular |
pertaining to a ventricle |
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interventricular |
pertaining to between the ventricles |
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auscultation |
process of listening to sounds within the body by using a stethoscope. |
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bruit |
term used interchangabley with murmur. A gentle, blowing sound that is heard during auscultation. |
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cardiology |
the branch of medicine relating to the cardiovascular system. |
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cyanosis |
slightyly blueish color of the skin due to lack of oxygen and an excess of carbon dioxide in the blood. |
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infarct |
area of tissue within an organor part that undergoes necrosis (death) following the loss of is blood supply. |
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ischemia |
localized and temporary defiiciency of blood supply due to an obstruction to the circulation. |
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lumen |
the space, cavity, channel within a tbe or tubular organ or structure in the body. |
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murmur |
same as bruit. |
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palpitations |
pounding, racing heartbeat |
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pulse |
expansion and contraction of a blood vessel wall produced by blood as it moves through an artery. The pulse can be taken at several pulse points throughout the body where an atery is close to the surface. |
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sphygmomanomemter |
blood pressure cuff |
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stent |
a stainless steel tube placed within a blood vessel or a duct to widen the lumen |
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stethoscope |
instrument for listening to body sounds, such as the ches, heart or intestines. |
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aneurysm |
weakness in the wall of an artery that results in localized widening of the artery. |
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angina pectoris |
conditons in whick there is severe pain with a sensation of constriction around the heart. |
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angioma |
tumor, usually benign, consisting of a network of blood vessels. |
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aortic stenosis |
Narrowing of the aorta. |
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arrhythmia |
Irregularity in the hearbeat or action. |
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arteriosclerosis |
thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of the walls of the arteries |
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arteriosclerotic |
Chronic heart disorder caused by a hardening of the walls of the coronary ateries. |
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atherosclerosis |
the most common form of arteriosclerosis. Caused by the formation of yellowish plaques of chlolesterol on the inner walls of arteries. |
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cardiac arrest |
complete stopping of heart activity. |
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cardiomyopathy |
General term for a disease of the myocardium. |
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coarctation of the aorta |
severe congenital narrowing of the aorta. |
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congestive heart failure |
reduced outflow of blood from the left side of the heart because the left ventricle myocardium has become too weak to efficiently pump blood. |
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coronary artery disease |
Insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle. |
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embolus |
blood clot that has broken off from a thrombus somewhere else the body and traveled to the point of obstruction. |
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fibrillation |
An extremely serious arrhythmia characterized by an abnormal quivering or contractions of heart fibers. |
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flutter |
an arrythmia in which the atria beat too rapidly, but in a regular pattern. |
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heart block |
Occurs when the electrical impulse in blocked from traveling down the bundle of His or bundle branches. |
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heart valve prolapse |
the cusps or flaps of the heart valve are too loose and fail to shut tightly, allowing blood to flow backward through the valve when the heart chamber contracts. |
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hemangioma |
A benign mass of blood vessels. |
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hemorrhoid |
Vericose veins in the anal region. |
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hypertension |
blood pressure above the normal range |
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hypertensive hear disease |
Heart disease as a result of perisistantly high blood pressure |
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myocardial infarction |
Condition caused by the partial or complete occlusion or closing of one or more of the coronary arteries. |
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myocarditis |
Inflammation of the muscle layer of the heart wall. |
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patent ductus arteriosus |
congentital heart anomaly in which the fetal connection between the pulmonary artery and the aorta fails to close at birth. |
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pericarditis |
Inflammation of the pericardial sac around the heart. |
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peripheral vascular disease |
Any abnormal condition affecting blood vessels ourside the heart. |
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polyarteritis |
Inflammation of several arteries. |
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Raynaud's phenomenon |
Periodic ischemic attacks affecting the extremities of the body, expecially the fingers, toes, ears, and nose. |
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theumatic heart disease |
valvular heart disease as a result of having had rheumatic fever. |
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tetralogy of Fallot |
Combination fo four confenital anomalies: pulmonary stenosis, an interventricular septal defect, imporper placement of the aorta, and hypertrophy of the right ventricle. |
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thrombophlebitis |
Inflammation of a vein that results in the formation of blood clots within the vein |
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thrombus |
a blood clot forming within a blood vessel. |
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varicose |
Swollen and distended veins, usually in the legs. |
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