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