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| show | Heart, arteries, veins, capillaries
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| angi/o | show 🗑
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| show | aorta
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| show | artery
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| show | fatty substance
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| atri/o | show 🗑
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| show | heart
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| show | heart
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| show | body
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| embol/o | show 🗑
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| isch/o | show 🗑
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| myocardi/o | show 🗑
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| pect/o | show 🗑
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| -manometer | show 🗑
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| show | small
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| -tension | show 🗑
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| show | pertaining to tone
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| -ule | show 🗑
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| show | vein
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| sphygm/o | show 🗑
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| show | chest
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| show | clot
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| show | valve
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| valvul/o | show 🗑
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| show | dialated vein
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| vascul/o | show 🗑
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| show | vessel, duct
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| ven/o | show 🗑
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| show | ventricle
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| what is the function of the heart? | show 🗑
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| show | carries blood away from the heart
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| show | carries blood towards the heart
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| what is the function of the capillary? | show 🗑
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| show | circulatory system
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| show | pulmonary circulation, systemic circulation
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| show | Deoxygenated blood, oxygenated blood
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| in systemic circulation _________ is transported away from the heart towards the ____ and ______ then back to the heart | show 🗑
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| in addition to distributing oxygen and other nutrients the cardiovascular system collects ___ from the cells and transports them to the lung, liver and kidneys where they are ____ from the body. | show 🗑
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| show | cardiac muscle fibers
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| show | four
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| show | between 60 and 100
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| how many times does the heart beat in a day? | show 🗑
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| show | in the mediastinum
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| show | lower
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| what would you call the inner layer of the heart which serves to reduce friction as the blood passes through the heart chambers? | show 🗑
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| show | myocardium
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| what purpose does the myocardium serve? | show 🗑
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| what would you call the visceral layer of the outer layer of the heart? | show 🗑
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| what would you call the absolute outer layer of the heart? | show 🗑
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| what are the upper chambers of the heart called? | show 🗑
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| show | ventricles
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| interatrial septum separates the left and right___ | show 🗑
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| show | ventricles
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| which sections of the heart perform the pumping action? | show 🗑
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| what type of valve is the tricuspid valve? | show 🗑
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| the atrioventricular valve controls the opening between the ____and the ____ | show 🗑
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| show | semilunar valve
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| the pulmonary valve controls the opening between the ____ and the____ | show 🗑
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| what is another name for the mitral valve? | show 🗑
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| what type of valve is the mitral valve? | show 🗑
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| show | left
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| show | right
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| show | semilunar valve
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| show | between the left ventricle and the aorta
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| what are the names of the veins that attach to the right atrium? | show 🗑
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| show | right ventricle
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| which section of the heart is connected to the pulmonary veins? | show 🗑
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| what is the largest artery in the body? | show 🗑
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| which part of the heart is attached to the aorta? | show 🗑
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| show | diastole
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| show | systole
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| what happens in the sinatrial node? | show 🗑
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| show | atrioventricular node
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| after the atrioventricular node is stimulated what is the next thing to be stimulated? | show 🗑
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| what is another name for the atrioventricular bundle? | show 🗑
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| where would an electrical signal travel after the bundle of His? | show 🗑
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| show | the purkinje fibers
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| show | contract the ventricles
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| show | arteries, capillaries, veins
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| what is the lumen? | show 🗑
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| where does the coronary artery come from and what does it provide blood for? | show 🗑
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| show | arterioles
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| where do the arterioles deliver blood? | show 🗑
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| what would you call a network of tiny blood vessels? | show 🗑
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| show | venules
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| what are the smallest veins called? | show 🗑
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| what is the purpose of the valve in the veins? | show 🗑
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| what is blood pressure? | show 🗑
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| what is the instrument used to measure blood pressure called? | show 🗑
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| sphygm/o | show 🗑
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| -manometer | show 🗑
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| what is the normal systolic pressure for an adult? | show 🗑
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| what is the normal diastolic pressure for an adult? | show 🗑
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| duct/o | show 🗑
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| show | strait
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| show | wall
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| son/o | show 🗑
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| -ectomy | show 🗑
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| -gram | show 🗑
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| -graphy | show 🗑
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| -ia | show 🗑
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| -lytic | show 🗑
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| -rrhexis | show 🗑
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| -sclerosis | show 🗑
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| -stenosis | show 🗑
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| -inter | show 🗑
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| show | within
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| inflamation of a vessel | show 🗑
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| embolus | show 🗑
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| an area of tissue which is dying because of loss of blood supply | show 🗑
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| a temporary localized deficiency of blood supply due to an obstruction | show 🗑
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| show | orthostatic hypotension
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| show | palpitations
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| show | regurgitation
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| what would you call a blood clot forming within blood vessels? | show 🗑
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| show | bundle branch block
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| show | congenital septal defect
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| show | congestive heart failure
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| show | coronary artery disease
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| what would you call a serious quivering or contraction of the heart muscles | show 🗑
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| show | flutter
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| what would you call a condition in which the flaps of the heart are too loose resulting in blood backflow? | show 🗑
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| show | heart valve stenosis
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| show | myocardial infarction
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| show | tetralogy of fallot
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| what would you call weakness in the wall of an artery resulting in localized widening of the artery? | show 🗑
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| show | arteriorrhexis
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| show | atheroma
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| show | coarctation of the aorta
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| show | hemorrhoid
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| show | hypertension
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| what's another name for low blood pressure? | show 🗑
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| show | patent ductus arteriosus
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| what would you call periodic ischemic attacks affecting the extremities of the body in which the extremities become cyanotic and painful? | show 🗑
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| show | auscultation
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| show | cardiac enzymes
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| what would you call a blood test to measure the amount of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood? | show 🗑
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| what would you call an x-ray of a vessel taken during an angiography? | show 🗑
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| show | angiography
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| show | doppler ultrasanography
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| what is a noninvasive diagnostic method using ultrasound to visualize internal cardiac structures? | show 🗑
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| show | holter monitor
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| show | cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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| show | extracorporeal circulation
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| what would you call the surgical joining together of two arteries? | show 🗑
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| what would you call the removal of diseased or damaged inner lining of an artery? | show 🗑
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| what would you call the surgical treatment for varicose veins in which the vein is tied off and removed? | show 🗑
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| show | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
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| what would you call a stainless steel tube placed within a blood vessel to widen the lumen? | show 🗑
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| show | AED
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| what is the abbreviation for atrial Defibrillation | show 🗑
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| show | AMI
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| show | AS
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| what is the abbreviation for Atrial septal defect? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for arteriosclerotic heart disease? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for Atrioventricular? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for bundle branch block? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for blood pressure? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for beats per minute? | show 🗑
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| show | CABG
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| show | CAD
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| what is the abbreviation for catheterization? | show 🗑
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| show | CC
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| what is the abbreviation for coronary care unit? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for congestive heart failure? | show 🗑
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| show | CoA
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| what is the abbreviation for chest pain? | show 🗑
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| show | CSD
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| what is the abbreviation for cardiovascular? | show 🗑
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| show | DVT
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| show | ECC
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| what is the abbreviation for electrocardiogram? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for echocardiogram? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for hypertension? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for intensive care unit? | show 🗑
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| show | IV
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| show | LVAD
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| show | LVH
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| what is the abbreviation for myocardial infarction or mitral insufficiency? | show 🗑
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| show | mm Hg
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| what is the abbreviation for mitral regurgitation? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for mitral stenosis? | show 🗑
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| show | MVP
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| what is the abbreviation for pulse? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for premature atrial contraction? | show 🗑
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| show | PDA
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| show | PTCA
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| show | PVC
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| what is the abbreviation for the first heart sound? | show 🗑
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| show | S2
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| what is the abbreviation for sinoatrial? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for streptokinase? | show 🗑
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| show | tPA
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| what is the abbreviation for ventricular fibrillation? | show 🗑
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| what is the abbreviation for ventricular septal defect? | show 🗑
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| show | VT
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