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consists of heart and blood vessels
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cardiovascular
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a series of lymph nodes, and organs that help circulate tissue fluids, absorb fats from intestine, and fight infections by maturing cells called lypmphocytes
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lymphatic
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pain
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-algia
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heart pain
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cardialgia
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stomach pain
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gastralgia
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surgical removal
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-ectomy
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surgically remove a clot
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thrombectomy
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surgical removal of a section of the vas deferens
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vasectomy
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excision of a vein
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phlebectomy
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blood condition, condition in the blood
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-emia
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condition of white blood cell, presence of too many immature leukocytes in the blood
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leukemia
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condition of stopping blood supply to tissues (blocked vessel), blood flow is interupted
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ischemia
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condition of too many red blood cells, red blood
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erythremia
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to generate, development, production
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-genic, -genesis
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pertaining to new tumor growth
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oncogenic
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pertaining to formation of a clot
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thrombogenic
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picture or record, x-ray, film
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-gram
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record of electrical waves given off by the heart
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electrocardiogram
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intsrument used to make a recording or picture
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-graph
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the instrument used to record the picture of the electrical waves of the heart
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electrocardiograph
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the process of using a recording instrument, x-ray filiming
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-graphy
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process of recording the electrical waves of the heart
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electrocardiography
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process of using ultrasound to measure the function of the heart
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echocardiography
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making a record of the vessel
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angiography
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making a record of the artery
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arteriography
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a person who makes the recording or picture
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-grapher
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person who performs sonography
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sonographer
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destruction, breakdown
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-lysis
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destruction of vessels
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angiolysis
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destruction of blood
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hemolysis
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destruction or breakdown of fat
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lipolysis
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destruction or breakdown of cells
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cytolysis
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destruction of a clot
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thrombolysis
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tumor
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-oma
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lympatic tissue tumor
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lymphoma
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fibrous tissue in the vessel
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angifibroma
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fatty tumor
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atheroma
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tumor of a blood vessel
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hemangioma
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increase in number or condition
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-osis
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hardening of a vessel
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angiosclerosis
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hardening of an artery
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ateriosclerosis
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condition of forming a clot inside of a vessel (presence of)
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thrombosis
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decrease in number or low number
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-penia
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low number of red blood cells
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eyrthrocytopenia
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low number (decrease) in the number of clot forming cells, lack of cells that aid clotting
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thrombocytopenia
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low number (decrease) in the number of white blood cells
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leukocytopenia
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fear
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-phobia
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fear of blood
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hematophobia
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repair
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-plasty
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repair of a vessel
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angioplasty
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surgical repair of a vein
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phleboplasty
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instrument for viewing, visual examination
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-scope
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an instrument used to look inside an artery
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arterioscope
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instrument used to view inside blood vessels
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angioscope
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instrument used to listen to chest sounds
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stethoscope
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process of visually examining, procedure or process
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-scopy
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process/procedure of performing an angioscope
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angioscopy
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procedure for looking inside an artery
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arterioscopy
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control or stopping
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-stasis
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controlling blood flow
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hemostasis
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control of blood flow in veins
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phlebostasis
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control of blood flow in arteries
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arteriostasis
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control of lymph flow
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lymphostasis
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slow
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-brady
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fast
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-tachy
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without rhythem
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a/an
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abnormally slow heart rate
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bradycardia
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abnormally fast heart rate
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tachycardia
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without rhythem, abnormal rhythm, problem with rate of the heart
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arrhythmia
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lacking red blood cells
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anemia
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surrounding
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peri-
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upon
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-epi
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inside or inner
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endo-
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muscle layer
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myo-
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widening
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aneurysm/o
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vessel
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angio
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aorta
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aort/o
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artery
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ateri/o
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thick, fatty
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ather/o
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heart
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cardi/o
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sound made by "refelcted" sound waves
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ech/o
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electricity
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electr/o
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red
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erythr/o
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fibrous
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fibr/o
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blood
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hem/o, hemat/o
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stopped flow
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isch/o
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a moving blood clot
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embolus
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temporary interruption of blood flow
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transient isch/emic attack (TIA)
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white
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leuk/o
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fat
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lip/o
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lymph
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lymph/o
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thin substance
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man/o
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black
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melan/o
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vein
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phleb/o
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x-ray, radiaiton
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radi/o
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rhythm
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rhythm/o
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hard
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scler/o
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chest
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steth/o
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sound (ultrasound), sound waves beyond audible frequencies
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son/o
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pulse
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sphygm/o
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blood clots
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thromb/o
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slice or plane
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tom/o
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vessel
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vas/o
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yellow
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xanth/o
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inner lining of the heart
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endocardium
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muscular layer of the heart
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myocardium
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outter membrane of the heart
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epicardium
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sac surrounding the heart
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pericardium
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disease of the heart muscle itself, primarily affecting pumping ability of the heart
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cardiomyopathy
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inflammation of the membrane lining of the valves and chambers of the heart
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endocarditis
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inflammation of the myocardium
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myocarditis
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inflammation of the pericardium that covers the heart muscle
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pericarditis
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localized dilation of an artery formed at a weak point of a vessel wall
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aneurism
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condition in which the patient has a higher blood pressure than judged to be normal
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hypertension
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instument of measuring
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meter
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process of measuring
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metry
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process of visually examining procedure or process
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scopy
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Abbreviation: AA
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aortic aneurysm
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Abbreviation: AMI
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acute myocardial infraction
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Abbreviation: BPM
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beats per minute
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Abbreviation: ASHD
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arteriosclerotic heart disease
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Abbreviation: CABG
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cornoary artery bypass graft
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Abbreviation: CBC
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complete blood count
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