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CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY LEGAL GLOSSARY |
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Glossary of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Terms
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Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A genetic
predisposition to dangerously high cholesterol levels.
Fatty Acids: Substances that occur in
several forms in foods; different fatty acids have different effects on lipid
profiles.
Fibrillation: Rapid, uncoordinated
contractions of individual heart muscle fibers. The heart chamber involved can't
contract all at once and pumps blood ineffectively, if at all.
First-Degree Heart Block: When an
electrical impulse from the heart's upper chambers (the atria) is slowed as it
moves through the atria and atrioventricular (AV) node.
Flutter: The rapid, ineffective
contractions of any heart chamber. A flutter is considered to be more
coordinated than fibrillation.
Fusiform Aneurysm: A tube-shaped aneurysm
that causes the artery to bulge outward. Involves the entire circumference
(outside wall) of the artery.
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