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| an abnormally enlarged heart |
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| myocardial disease; may be caused by viral infection, congestive heart failure or alcoholism; common reason for heart transplant |
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congenital septal defect
CSD |
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| hole, present at birth in heart septum; allows mixing of oxygenated and deoxygenated blood |
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congestive heart failure
CHF |
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| left ventricle muscle is too weak to efficiently pump blood; results in weakness, breathlessness and edema |
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coronary artery disease
CAD |
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| poor blood supply to heart muscle due to obstruction of coronary arteries may cause angina pectoris of heart attack |
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| inflammation of lining membranes of heart if cause is bacterial may have a bacterial colony form, called vegetation |
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| extremely serious arrhythmia characterized by quivering of heart fibers; cardiac arrest and death can occure |
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| arrhythmia in which atria beat to rapidly, but in a regular pattern |
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| cusps are too loose and fail to shut tightly and allowing regurgitation |
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| cusps are too stiff, unable to shut tightly allowing regurgitation |
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| occlusion of coronary artery, results in myocardial infarct, a heart attack |
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| inflammation of heart muscle layer |
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| inflammation of pericardial sac |
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| combination of 4 congenital anomalies; pulmonary stenosis, interventricular septal defect improper placement of aorta, hypertrophy of right ventricle; requires immediate surgery |
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| inflammation of a heart valve |
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| weakness and ballooning of aterial wall; commonly seen in abdominal and cerebral arteries |
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| hardening and loss of elasticity of arterial walls; often due to atherosclerosis |
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| deposit of fatty substance in wall of artery bulges into and narrows artery; also called a plaque |
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| most common form of arteriosclerosis; lipid plaques form in arterial wall |
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| severe congenital narrowing of aorta |
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| varicose vein in anal region |
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| high blood pressure, essential or primary hypertension is due to CV disease; secondary hypertension results from another disease |
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| decrease in blood pressure, maybe due to shock or anemia |
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patent ductus arteriosus
PDA |
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| congenital heart anomaly where fetal connection between pulmonary artery and aorta fails too close at birth |
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peripheral vascular disease
PVD |
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| abnormal condition affecting any blood vessel outside the heart; symptoms may include pain, pallor and blocked circulation |
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| inflammation of several arteries |
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| periodic ischemic attacks affecting extremities, especially fingers, toes, ears and nose; extremities become cyanotic, triggered by cold exposure |
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inflammation of vein resulting in blood clots within a vein
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| swollen and distended veins, often in the legs |
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