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Glossary of Terms

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Aneurysm, aortic
Angina
Aortic aneurysm
Aortic coarctation
Aortic dissection
Aortic incompetence
Aortic insufficiency
Aortic regurgitation
Aortic stenosis
Arrhythmias
ASD
ASH
Asymmetric septal hypertrophy
Atherosclerosis
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Atrial septal defect
Atrioventricular canal defect
Atrioventricular septal defect
Atrioventriuclar septal defect (see comment under Septal defects)

Bacterial endocarditis
Bradycardia
Bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome

Cardiac arrest
Cardiac tamponade
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic
Click-murmur syndrome
Congestive heart failure
Coronary artery disease (Coronary heart disease)

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)

Endocardial cushion defect
Endocarditis
Endocarditis, bacterial
Essential hypertension

HCM
Heart attack
Heart block
Heart murmur
High blood pressure
High cholesterol
High triglycerides
Hypertension, essential
HOCM
Hole in the heart
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Hypotension, orthostatic

Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis
Ischemic heart disease

Kawasaki disease

Mitral insufficiency
Mitral regurgitation
Mitral stenosis
Mitral valve prolapse
Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
Myocarditis

Paroxysmal atrial tachycardia
Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT)
Patent ductus arteriosus
Periarteritis nodosa
Pericardial tamponade
Pericarditis
Premature ventricular beats
Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis
Prosthetic valve thrombosis
Pulmonary hypertension
PVT

Renal artery stenosis
Renovascular hypertension

Septal defects
Sick sinus syndrome (SSS)
Sinus node dysfunction
Stroke
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Supraventricular tachycardia
Supraventricular tachycardia 2
Syncope

Tachycardia
Tamponade
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Tricuspid regurgitation
Tricuspid stenosis
Tricuspid valve disease

Unstable angina

Varicose veins
Ventricular fibrillation
Ventricular premature beats
Ventricular septal defect
Ventricular tachycardia
Ventricular tachycrdia

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome