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Part 2 Drugs abciximab ab-SIX-ah-mab ReoPro Pharmacologic class: antiplatelet aggregator Pregnancy risk category C AVAILABLE FORMS Injection: 2 mg/ml INDICATIONS & DOSAGES [black right-pointing arrowhead] Adjunct to percutaneous coronary intervention…

T-U Tetralogy of Fallot Tetralogy of Fallot is a combination of four cardiac defects: ventricular septal defect (VSD), right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (pulmonic stenosis), right ventricular hypertrophy, and dextroposition…

V-Z Varicose veins Varicose veins are dilated, tortuous veins that are engorged with blood. They result from improper venous valve function, and they may be primary, originating in the superficial…

R Raynaud’s disease Raynaud’s disease is one of several primary arteriospastic disorders characterized by episodic vasospasm in the small peripheral arteries and arterioles. It’s triggered by exposure to cold or…

P-Q Patent ductus arteriosus The ductus arteriosus is a fetal blood vessel connecting the pulmonary artery to the descending aorta, just distal to the left subclavian artery. During fetal development,…

M-O Metabolic syndrome Metabolic syndrome—also called syndrome X, insulin resistance syndrome, dysmetabolic syndrome, and multiple metabolic syndrome—is a cluster of conditions characterized by abdominal obesity, high blood glucose (type 2…

H-L Heart failure Heart failure is a term used to describe the heart’s inability to pump enough blood to the body’s tissues. This inability typically results from a complex set…

C Cardiac arrhythmias In cardiac arrhythmias (sometimes called cardiac dysrhythmias), abnormal electrical conduction or automaticity alters the normal heart rate and rhythm. (See Comparing normal and abnormal conduction.) Arrhythmias vary…

F-G Femoral and popliteal aneurysms Femoral and popliteal aneurysms (sometimes called peripheral arterial aneurysms) are the end result of progressive atherosclerotic changes in the medial layer of these major peripheral…