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Date: May 20, 2008
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ECMO; Heart-lung bypass - infants; Bypass - infants
Date: May 19, 2008
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Thrombolytic therapy is the use of drugs to break up or dissolve blood clots, which are the main cause of both heart attacks and stroke. The most commonly used drug for thrombolytic therapy is tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), but other drugs can do the same thing.
Date: May 19, 2008
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Coronary artery spasm is a temporary, sudden contraction in one location in the muscles in the wall of an artery in the heart. The spasm slows or stops blood flow through the artery and starves the heart of oxygen-rich blood.
Date: May 15, 2008
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Mesenteric artery ischemia is a narrowing or blockage of one or more of the three mesenteric arteries, which are the major arteries supplying the small and large intestines.
Date: May 15, 2008
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Arteriosclerosis of the extremities is a disease of the blood vessels that leads to narrowing and hardening of the arteries that supply the legs and feet. This decreases blood flow, which can injure nerves and other tissues.
Date: May 15, 2008
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A thoracic aortic aneurysm is a widening (bulging) of part of the wall of the aorta, the body's largest artery.
Date: May 15, 2008
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Open heart surgery is any surgery where the chest is opened and surgery is performed on the heart. The term "open" refers to the chest, not the heart itself. The heart may or may not be opened, depending on the type of surgery.
Date: May 15, 2008
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Pulmonary valve stenosis is a condition in which the flow of blood from the heart (right ventricle, or lower chamber) is blocked at the valve that separates the heart from the pulmonary artery (pulmonic valve). This narrowing is usually present at birth (congenital).
Date: May 15, 2008
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Myocardial contusion is a "bruise" of the heart muscle.
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