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27 Cards in this Set
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Surgical procedure that opens a blocked artery by inflating a small balloon within a catheter to widen and restore blood flow in the artery |
Angioplasty |
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Large blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart |
Arteries |
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Microscopic blood vessels joining arterioles and venules |
Capillaries |
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Pertaining to presence of a disorder at the time of birth, which may result from genetic or environmental causes |
Congenital |
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Sum of all physical and chemical changes that take place within an organism |
Metabolism |
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Vessels that return deoxygenated blood to the heart |
Veins |
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Widening, widened blood vessel |
Aneurysm/o |
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Aoerta |
Aort/o |
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Artery |
Arter/o, Areteri/o |
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Fatty plaque |
Arther/o |
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Atrium |
Atri/o |
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Heart |
Cardi/o, Coron/o |
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Vein |
Phleb/o, Ven/o |
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Blood clot |
Thromb/o |
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Dilated vein |
Varic/o |
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Vessel; vas deferens; duct |
Vas/o |
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Vessel |
Vascul/o |
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Ventricle (of heart or brain) |
Ventricul/o |
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Heart condition |
-cardia |
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Record, writing |
-gram |
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Instrument for recording |
-graph |
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Process of recording |
-graphy |
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Narrowing, stricture |
-stenosis |
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Slow |
brady- |
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In, within |
Endo- |
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Above, upon |
Epi- |
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Around |
Peri- |
