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Cardiovascular Symptoms and Disease

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Swollen, twisted veins caused by poorly functioning valves. The failure of the vales leads to blood backflow, enlarging the veins. Aggravating factors include obesity, prolonged standing, and pregnancy.
When the left ventricle is unable to adequately pump blood to the body, which will eventually cause a backup of blood in the left atrium and lungs. As swelling builds in the lungs, it can lead to shortness of breath and difficulty breathing, especially when lying down.
Types of this include atrial flutter (non-lethal because under normal circumstances most of the blood passively enters the ventricles from the atria due to the pressure gradient), heart block, and ventricular fibrillation (deadly because the ventricles aren't pumping blood into circulation).
It's caused by an interruption of blood flow through the coronary arteries to the muscles of the heart. The lack of oxygen to the area causes pain and eventual death of cells if adequate blood flow does not return. Also known as a heart attack.
A condition where the heart is on the right side of the body instead of the left.
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Artery plaque caused by cholesterol oxidizing and then deposited into the tunica media of the arteries. This plaque can be dislodged, causing a "clot" and blocking blood flow. If the clot moves to a distant site, this is called an "embolism."
When valves are unable to keep blood from flowing backwards into lower pressure. This occurs in varicose veins, mitral regurgitation, or "leaky valves."
When the heart is unable to enough blood to the cells. Right-sided, means the right side fo the heart isn't pumping enough blood into the lungs. Left-sided, means the left side of the heart isn't pumping enough blood into the body.
Endocarditis, myocarditis, and pericarditis are ______ conditions occurring in those specific layers of the heart.