Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine

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chest pain 2:35
congenital heart disease
2:37–40
coronary arteries 2:40–41
CRT 2:31
CVD 2:34
defibrillation 2:47
ECG 2:52–53
echocardiogram 2:51
EECP 2:54–55
endocarditis 2:53–54
endocardium 2:54
EPS 2:53
hypertension 2:66
IABP counterpulsation 2:70
ICD 2:69
IHD 2:70
Kawasaki disease 2:71
lifestyle and cardiovascular
health 2:72–73
LQTS 2:74–75
microinfarction 2:84
minimally invasive cardiac
surgery 2:86
myocardial infarction 2:86–87
myocardial perfusion imaging
2:87
myocarditis 2:87–88
myocardium 2:88
myxoma 2:88
open heart surgery 2:90–91
oxygen saturation 2:217
oxygen therapy 2:217
pacemaker 2:93
palpitations 2:93–94
PAT 2:94
pericarditis 2:95–96
pericardium 2:96
pulmonary arteries 2:98
pulmonary embolism 2:225
pulmonary veins 2:99
pulse 2:99
rheumatic heart disease 2:103
risk factors for cardiovascular
disease 2:102–103
SA node 2:104–105
sarcoidosis 2:293
sick sinus syndrome 2:104
stress test 2:106
sudden cardiac death 2:108
tamponade, cardiac 2:110
TMLR 2:111–112
torsade de pointes 2:111
VADs 2:116
valvular heart disease
2:113–114
vein 2:115
ventricular fibrillation 2:116
Wolff-Parkinson-White
syndrome 2:116–117
heart attack 1:57, 211; 2:56–58;
3:245, 379. See also myocardial
infarction
AED 2:23
aging and cardiovascular
changes 2:10
angina pectoris 2:11, 12
angioplasty 2:13
anticoagulation therapy 2:13
aspirin therapy 2:20, 21
atherosclerosis 2:21
blood doping 4:324
CABG 2:41
CAD 2:43
cardiac arrest 2:27; 4:372
cardiac catheterization 2:28
cardiac enzymes 2:29
cardiac rehabilitation 2:30–31
cardiovascular disease
prevention 4:16
chest pain 2:35
cholesterol blood levels 2:37
CICU 2:29
coagulation 2:136
cocaine 4:328–329
coenzyme Q10 4:64
conditioning 4:218
c-reactive protein 2:45
fitness: exercise and health
4:211
heart transplantation 2:63
heredity and heart disease 2:64
hypertension 2:66
IHD 2:70
living with cardiovascular
disease 2:73
medications to treat
cardiovascular disease 2:79
NSAIDs 2:287
pericarditis 2:95
progeria 4:139
pulmonary embolism 2:225
smoking and cardiovascular
disease 2:105
smoking and pulmonary disease
2:230
heartbeat 2:4, 51–52, 97–98; 4:360,
369, 372, 379
heart disease. See cardiovascular
disease (CVD)
heart failure 2:58–59, 58t, 59t;
3:105, 133, 210, 219
adult survivors of childhood
cancer 2:366
aging and physical ability/fitness
4:215
aging and pulmonary changes
2:182
alkyl nitrites 4:320
aortic stenosis 2:16
apnea 2:184
ARDS 2:181
arrhythmia 2:17
berylliosis 2:193
blood doping 4:324
cardiac output 2:29
cardiomyopathy 2:31
Cheyne-Stokes respiration 2:199
coenzyme Q10 4:64
COPD 2:201
CRT 2:31
dyspnea 2:203
heart sounds 2:60
heart transplantation 2:61
lung transplantation 2:213
LVEF 2:72
medications to treat
cardiovascular disease 2:76
nicotine 4:346
obesity and cardiovascular
disease 2:90
pleural effusion 2:218
pulmonary hypertension 2:98
pulse 2:100
VADs 2:116
valvular heart disease 2:113
heart murmur 2:59–60, 60, 103,
113
heart rate 2:60; 3:106, 245, 359,
379, 384
aerobic exercise 4:213
aerobic fitness 2:9
aging and physical ability/fitness
4:215
anesthesia 4:262
barbiturates 4:323
breathing 2:193
cardiac output 2:29
dehydration 4:374
delirium tremens 4:330
dextromethorphan 4:332
drowning 4:368
frostbite 4:375
hallucinogens 4:337
heart transplantation 2:63
human relations 4:238
lifestyle and cardiovascular
health 2:72