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cardiology

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cardiomyapathy   noninflammatory disease of cardiac muscle causing enlargement of muscle & ventricular dysfunction  
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pericarditis   acute or chronic inflammation of pericardium (the sac enclosing the heart) causing pericardial effusion  
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myocarditis   inflammation of muscle walls of heart, patients have palpations, fatigue & dyspnea  
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endocarditis   inflammation of lining & valves of heart  
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rheumatic fever   systemic inflammatory & autoimmune disease involving joints & cardiac tissue  
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mitral valve stenosis   hardening of mitral valve cusps preventing complete & normal opening between left atrium & ventricle  
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mitral insufficiency   mitral valve fails to close completely & allows blood from left ventricle to flow back into left atrium  
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mitral valve prolapse   one or more of cusps protrudes back into the left atrium during ventricular contraction  
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mitral commissurotomy   surgical procedure used to free up the valve & increase the size of the opening  
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