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77 Cards in this Set
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aorta
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aorta
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angi
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vessel
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arteri
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artery
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ather
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fatty substance
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cardi
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heart
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coron
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heart
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cutane
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skin
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duct
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to bring
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electr
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electricity
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embol
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plug
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hem
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blood
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isch
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to hold back
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lip
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fat
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my
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muscle
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myocardi
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heart muscle
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orth
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straight
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pect
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chest
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phleb
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vein
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pulmon
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lung
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sept
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wall
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son
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sound
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sphygm
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pulse
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steth
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chest
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thromb
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clot
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valv
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valve
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varic
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dialated vein
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vas
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vessel
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vascul
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blood vessel
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ven
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vein
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ventricul
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ventricle
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ac, al, ar, ary, eal, ic, ous, ose, tic
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pertaining to
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ectomy
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surgical removal
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gram
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record
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graphy
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process of recording
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gram
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record
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lytic
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destruction
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manometer
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instrument to measure pressure
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megaly
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enlarged
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ole, ule
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small
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oma
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growth
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pathy
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disease
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plasty
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surgical repair
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rrhexis
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rupture
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sclerosis
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hardening
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scope
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instrument for viewing
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spasm
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involuntary muscle contraction
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stenosis
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narrowing
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tension
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pressure
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tonic
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pertainh to tone
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a, de
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without
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anti
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against
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brady
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slow
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endo
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inner
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extra
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outside of
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hyper
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excessive
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hypo
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insufficient
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inter
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between
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intra
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within
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ultra
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beyond
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tachy
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fast
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tetra
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four
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poly
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many
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peri
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around
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per
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through
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trans
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across
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Stent
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stainless steel tube placed within a blood vessel or duct to widen the lumen
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ischemia
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the localized and temporarydeficiency of blood supply due to an obstruction to the circulation
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aneurysm
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Weakness in the wall of an artery resulting in localized widening of the artery.
common sites include the aorta in he abdomen and the cerebral arteries in the brain. |
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murmur
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a sound, in addition to the normal heart beat, airising from blood flowing through the heart. this extra sound may or may not indicate a heart abnormality
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CHF
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congestive heart failure
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BBB
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bundle branch block
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IV
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intravenous
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ECHO
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echocardigram
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BP
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blood pressure
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CAD
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coronary artery disease
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SA
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sinoatrial
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bpm
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beats per minute
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