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1
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Medical term for a heart attack

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Myocardial Infarction

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2
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Bulging due to a weakness in the artery wall

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Aneurysm

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3
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Blockage of a coronary artery

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Coronary Occlusion

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4
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Disease of the heart muscle

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Cardiomyopathy

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5
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Inflammation of multiple arteries

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Polyarteritis

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6
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An enlarged heart

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cardiomegaly

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7
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Narrowing of the aorta

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Aortic stenosis

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8
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Incomplete or missing electrical messages to ventricles

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Heart Block

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9
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A fetal blood vessel remains open after birth

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Patent ductus arteriosus

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10
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The type of blood vessel that carries blood to the heart

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vein

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11
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The valve between the right atrium and ventricle

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tricuspid

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12
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The name of an upper chamber

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atrium

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13
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The name of the valve where blood exits the left ventricle

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aortic

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14
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The type of blood vessel where nutrients & waste are exchanged

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capillary

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15
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The type of blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart

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artery

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16
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The name of the lower chambers

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ventricles

17
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Term that refers to any type of chest pain

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Cardiodynia

18
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Irregular rate and/or rhythm of the heartbeat

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Arrhythmia

19
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Abnormally fast heart rate at rest (over 100 bpm)

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Tachycardia

20
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Blue tinge to the skin due to oxygen deficiency

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Cyanosis

21
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Abnormal increase in number of RBCs

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Polycythemia

22
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Abnormal decrease in the number of platelets

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Thrombopenia

23
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Red blood cells are irregularly shaped

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Poikilocytosis

24
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Destruction of RBCs from an incompatible blood transfusion

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Hemolysis

25
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Abnormally large red blood cells

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macrocytosis

26
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Enlargement of organ that destroys old red blood cells

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Splenomegaly

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