Cardiovascular And Lymphatic Disease And Disorder Not From Word Parts

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Acute coronary syndrome

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Sudden insufficient blood supply to the heart

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Abb: ACS

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Aneurysm

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Ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall

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Angina pectoris

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Chest pain from an insufficient supply of blood to the heart muscle

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Arrhythmia

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Disturbance of abnormality in the heart's normal rhythm

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Atrial fibrillation

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A cardiac arrhythmia characterized by rapid electrical impulses in the atria

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Cardiac arrest

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Sudden cessation of cardiac output and effective circulation

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Cardiac tamponade

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Acute compression of the heart caused by fluid accumulated in the pericardial cavity

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Coarctation of the aorta

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Congenital cardiac condition characterized by a narrowing of the aorta

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Congenial heart disease

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Heart abnormality present at birth

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Congestive heart failure

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Inability of the heart to pump enough blood through the body to supply the tissues and organs with nutrients and oxygen

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Coronary artery disease

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Condition that reduces the flow of blood through the coronary arteries to the myocardium

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Coronary occulusion

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Obstruction of an artery of the heart, usually from atherosclerosis

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Aka: heart attack

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Deep vein thrombosis

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Condition of thrombus in a deep vein of the body

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Dysrhythmia

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Any disturbance or abnormality in the hearts normal rhythm

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Embolus

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Blood clot or foreign material, such as air or fat that enters the blood stream and moves until it lodges at another point in the circulation

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Hemophilia

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Inherited bleeding disease caused by deficiency in a coagulation factor

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Hodgkin's disease

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Malignant disorder of the lymphatic tissue characterized by progressive enlargement of the lymph nodes usually beginning in the cervical nodes

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Hypertensive heart diaease

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Disorder of the heart brought about by persistent high blood pressure

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Infectious mononucleosis

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An acute infection caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, characterized by swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, fatigue, and fever

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Intermittent claudication

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Pain and discomfort in calf muscles while walking

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Leukemia

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Disease characterized by excessive increase in abnormal white blood cells formed in the bone marrow

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Mitral valve stenosis

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Narrowing of the mitral valves

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Myocardial infraction

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Death, or necrosis, of a portion of the myocardium caused by lack of oxygen resulting from an interrupted blood supply

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Pancytopenia

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Abnormal reduction of all blood cells

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Peripheral artery disease

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Disease of the arteries other than those of the heart and brain, that affects blood circulation

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Phlebitis

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Inflammation of a vein

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Rheumatic fever

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Inflammatory disease, usually occurring in children often following an upper respiratory streptococcal infection

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Rheumatic heart disease

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Damage to the heart muscle or heart valves caused my one or more episodes of rheumatic fever

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Sickle cell anemia

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Hereditary,chronic hemolytic disease characterized by crescent or sickle-shaped red blood cells

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Thromboangiitis obliterans

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Vascular inflammatory disorder, usually affecting the lower extremities

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Thrombophlebitis

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Inflammation of a vein of a blood clot

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Thrombus

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Blood clot attached to a wall

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Varicose veins

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Distended or tortuous veins usually found in the lower extremities