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25 Cards in this Set
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CYANOSIS
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SLIGHTLY BLUE-GREY DISCOLORATION OF THE SKIN DUE TO REDUCED AMOUNTS OF HEMOGLOBIN IN THE BLOOD.
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STENOSIS
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CONSTRICTION OR NARROWING OF A PASSAGEWAY.
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ARRHYTHMIA
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IRREGULAR OR LOSS OF RHYTHM OF THE HEARTBEAT.
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CARDIOPULMONARY
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PERTAINING TO THE HEART AND LUNGS.
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MYOCARDIAL
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PERTAINING TO THE HEART MUSCLES.
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BIFURCATION
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A SEPERATION INTO TWO BRANCHES; THE POINT OF FORKING.
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FEMORAL-POPLITEAL BYPASS
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IMPLANTATION OF AN ARTIFICIAL OR AUTOGENOUS GRAFT INTO THE FEMORAL AND POPITEAL ARTERIES FOR TREATMENT OF ARTERIOSCLEROTIC DISEASE OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY.
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SEPTUM
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A WALL DIVIDING TWO CAVITIES, SUCH AS THE CHAMBERS OF THE HEART.
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CANNULA
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A TUBE OR SHEATH ALLOWING THE ESCAPE OF FLUID.
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THROMBOSIS
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A BLOOD CLOT THAT OBSTRUCTS A BLOOD VESSEL OR A CAVITY OF THE HEART.
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PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION (PVC)
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A CARDIAC ARRYTHMIA CHARACTERIZED BY A VENTRICULAR BEAT PRECEDING THE EXPECTED ELECTRICAL IMPULSE; MAY BE A PRECURSOR OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA OF FIBRILLATION.
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PLAQUE
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A PATCH OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS CONSISTING OF CHOLESTEROL, LIPIDS, AND CELLULAR DEBRIS WHICH FORMS IN THE INNER LAYERS OF THE WALLS OF ARTERIES.
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FIBRILLATION
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RAPID, TREMULOUS, INEFFECTUAL CONTRACTIONS OF THE HEART.
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TUNICA INTIMA
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INNER LINING OF AN ARTERY
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ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMECTOMY WITH GRAFT
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REMOVAL OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM AND THE INSERTION OF A SYNTHETIC PROTHESIS TO RESTORE CONTINUITY.
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PALLIATIVE
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SERVING TO RELIVE OR ALLEVIATE, WITHOUT CURING.
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EXTACORPOREAL
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OUTSIDE OF THE BODY.
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CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
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REMOVAL OF ARTERIOSCLEROTIC PLAQUE FROM AN OBSTRUCTED CAROTID ARTERY IN ORDER TO RESTORE CIRCULATION.
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ARTERIAL EMBOLECETOMY
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REMOVAL OF A BLOOD CLOT FROM AN ARTERY USING AN EMBOLECTOMY CATHETER IN ORDER TO RESTORE CIRCULATION TO THE PART SUPPLIED BY THE ARTERY.
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AORTIC-ILIAC BYPASS
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INPLANTATION OF A SYNTHETIC BIFURCATED GRAFT FROM THE AORTA TO THE ILIAC ARTERIES TO BYPASS SECTIONS OCCLUDED BY ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE.
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ENDOCARDIAL
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WITHIN THE HEART OR ARISING FROM THE INNER LINING OF THE HEART.
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DEFIBRILLATION
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STOPPING FIBRILLATION OF THE HEART THROUGH THE USE OF DRUGS OR BY PHYSICAL OR ELECTRICAL MEANS.
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VASOCONSTRICTION
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NARROWING OF THE CALIBER OF BLOOD VESSELS.
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OCCLUSION
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THE ABNORMAL CLOSURE OF A PASSAGEWAY.
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EMBOLUS
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A MASS OF UNDISSOLVED MATTER PRESENT IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH A BLOOD VESSEL, USUALLY AN ARTERY.
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