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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anemia | The amount of erythrocytes in blood |
| Artiral fibulator | Rapid, irregular twitching of muscular heart beat |
| cardiac catherterization | diagnostic procedure in which a catheter is passed into a vein or artery and then guided into the heart |
| coronary thrombosis | damage of the heart muscles caused by a thrombus blocking a coronary artery |
| ischenmic heart disease | group of cardiac disabilities resulting from an insufficient supply of oxygenated blood |
| phlebitis | inflammation of a vein |
| raynaud's disease | peripheral arterial occlusive disease in which intermittent attacks are triggered by cold or stress |
| orthostatic hypotension | low blood pressure that occurs upon standing up |
| thrombolytic occlusion | blocking of an artery by thrombus |
| ventricular fibrillation | Rapid, irregular, useless contractions of the ventricles |
| ventricular tachycardia | fatal heart condition where the heart consistently beats rapidly |