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51Cardiac shunt — Cardiac shunts may be described as right to left, left to right or bidirectional, or as systemic to pulmonary or pulmonary to systemic. The direction may be controlled by left and/or right heart pressure, a biological or artificial valve, or both …
52cardiac plexus deep — cardiac plexus, great the larger part of the cardiac plexus, situated between the aortic arch and the tracheal bifurcation …
53cardiac arrest — cardiac arrests N VAR A cardiac arrest is a heart attack. [MEDICAL] Syn: heart attack …
54Cardiac skeleton — (sometimes called fibrous skeleton of the heart ) refers to the structure of dense connective tissue in the heart that separates the atria from the ventricles.It is not a true skeleton, but it does provide structure and support for the heart, as… …
55Cardiac Arrest (film) — Cardiac Arrest is a 1980 film starring Fred Ward.PlotThe city of San Francisco is pushed into a state of terror and fear as a deranged murderer stalks the city. The police are baffled by the case and are lead to extremes by a lunatic whose… …
56Cardiac steal syndrome — is a phenomenon caused when there is narrowing of the coronary arteries and an arteriolar vasodilator is used stealing blood away from those parts of the heart. This happens as a result of the narrowed coronary arteries being always maximally… …
57cardiac massage — n. a rhythmic compressing of the heart, using the hands to force blood through the blood vessels: an emergency medical procedure for treating heart failure * * * …
58cardiac asthma — n asthma due to heart disease (as heart failure) that occurs in paroxysms usu. at night and is characterized by difficult wheezing respiration, pallor, and anxiety called also paroxysmal dyspnea * * * paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea that occurs in… …
59cardiac failure — n HEART FAILURE * * * heart f …
60cardiac gland — n any of the branched tubular mucus secreting glands of the cardia of the stomach also one of the similar glands of the esophagus …
