cardiac allograft vasculopathy definition
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- Cardiac allograft vasculopathy remains a troublesome long-term complication of heart transplantation and is the major cause of death in patients surviving 1 year after transplantation.1 It is manifested by a unique and unusually accelerated form of coronary disease affecting both intramyocardial and epicardial coronary arteries and veins.2 Although ...
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Allograft: Cadaver Bone from a Tissue Bank Allograft is bone harvested by a tissue bank from a cadaver for use in medical procedures. It can be prepared in a number of different forms (such as chips) for use in a spine fusion.owever, there are two main drawbacks. 1  Lower chance of fusion. 2  Because allograft bone does not contain living bone cells, it is not as effective at stimulating fusion as the patient’s own bone. 3  See Failed Spinal Fusion Surgery. 4  Risk of disease transmission.
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Disability Evaluation Under Social Security  (Blue Book- October 2008) 4.00 Cardiovascular System - Adult Cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. It makes it harder for the heart to fill with blood and to pump blood. Cardiomyopathy is a major cause of heart failure and one of the most common conditions leading to heart transplantation. The condition can also cause abnormal heart rhythms. Cardiomyopathy can affect people of all ages and races.
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Coronary stenting During coronary artery bypass graft surgery (also called CABG, or cabbage), a blood vessel is removed or redirected from one area of the body and placed around the area or areas of narrowing in order to bypass the blockages and restore blood flow to the heart muscle.
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- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a primary disease of heart muscle that results in fibrofatty replacement of the right ventricle and the subepicardial region of the left ventricle. Patients are at high risk for ventricular tachyarrhythmias and sudden death (see the image below).
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- Diabetic angiopathy. Angiopathy is the generic term for a disease of the blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries). The best known and most prevalent angiopathy is the diabetic angiopathy, a complication that may occur in chronic diabetes. more...
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Vasculitis Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Types The blood vessels are comprised of arteries that pass oxygen-rich blood to the tissues of the body and veins that return oxygen-depleted blood from the tissues to the lungs for oxygen. Vasculitis is characterized by inflammation in and damage to the walls of various blood vessels.Each of the vasculitis diseases is defined by certain patterns of distribution of blood vessel involvement, particular organ involvement, and laboratory test abnormalities.he word vasculitis is derived from the Latin vasculum, vessel + - itis, inflammation. Another term for vasculitis is angiitis. When arteries are the inflamed blood vessels, the condition is also referred to as arteritis. When the veins are inflamed, it is referred to as venulitis.
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thrombotic microangiopathy microangiopathy. a disorder involving the small blood vessels. adj., adj microangiopath´ic. thrombotic microangiopathy formation of thrombi in the arterioles and capillaries; proposed name for a syndrome that would include both thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome.hrombotic microangiopathy formation of thrombi in the arterioles and capillaries; proposed name for a syndrome that would include both thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome.
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cardiomyopathy Cardiomyopathy is a chronic disease of the heart muscle (myocardium), in which the muscle is abnormally enlarged, thickened, and/or stiffened. The weakened heart muscle loses the ability to pump blood effectively, resulting in irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias) and possibly even heart failure.
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- all-or-none phenomenon. Cardiology. The property of cardiac muscle in which stimulation from a single myocyte travels to the atrium and ventricle before contracting, resulting in a coherent and co-ordinated pump activity.
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- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a type of surgery called revascularization, used to improve blood flow to the heart in people with severe coronary artery disease (CAD) .
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allograft Allograft definition, a tissue or organ obtained from one member of a species and grafted to a genetically dissimilar member of the same species. See more. Dictionary.com
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arteriosclerotic retinopathy arteriosclerotic retinopathy. Etymology: Gk, arteria, + airpipe, sklerosis, hardening; L, rete, net; Gk, pathos, disease. a disorder of the retina associated with hardening and thickening of the arteries supplying that part of the eye.It often accompanies hypertension.etinopathy distinguished by attenuated retinal arterioles with increased tortuosity, copper-or silver-wire appearance, perivascular sheathing, irregularity of lumen and scattered small hemorrhages, and small, sharp-edged deposits without surrounding edema.
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Aortic valve replacement The Ross procedure (or pulmonary autograft) is a cardiac surgery operation where a diseased aortic valve is replaced with the patient's own pulmonary valve. A pulmonary allograft (valve taken from a cadaver) is then used to replace the person's own pulmonary valve. The Ross procedure (or pulmonary autograft) is a cardiac surgery operation where a diseased aortic valve is replaced with the patient's own pulmonary valve.
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- The aim of this review was to highlight the most important complications of arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) for hemodialysis (HD). The quality of vascular access for HD should be suitable for repeated puncture and allow a high blood flow rate for high-efficiency dialysis with minimal complications.
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cardiopulmonary bypass cardiopulmonary bypass. diversion of the flow of blood from the entrance to the right atrium directly to the aorta, usually via a pump oxygenator, avoiding both the heart and the lungs; a form of extracorporeal circulation used mainly in experimental animals in the investigation of cardiac prosthetic devices.
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- Cardiomyopathy is an anatomic and pathologic diagnosis associated with muscle or electrical dysfunction of the heart. Cardiomyopathies represent a heterogeneous group of diseases that often lead to progressive heart failure with significant morbidity and mortality.ardiomyopathy is an anatomic and pathologic diagnosis associated with muscle or electrical dysfunction of the heart. Cardiomyopathies represent a heterogeneous group of diseases that often lead to progressive heart failure with significant morbidity and mortality.
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Vasculitis Vasculitis is an autoimmune disease in which the body mistakenly sees blood vessels as a foreign invader and attacks them, causing inflammation and leading to a narrowing of the vessels.reatment for vasculitis depends on the type of vasculitis, which organs are affected and the severity of the condition. The main goal of treating vasculitis is to reduce inflammation in the affected blood vessels. People who have severe vasculitis are treated with prescription medicines.
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- Coronary allograft vasculopathy is the most common cause of death in heart transplant patients. 2. Dx is difficult because heart tx pts. have denervated hearts and rarely present with CP (though over time, 10-30% of. pts. develop some degree of re-innervation); many patients present late, with heart failure.
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cardiopulmonary bypass cardiopulmonary bypass diversion of the flow of blood from the entrance to the right atrium directly to the aorta, usually via a pump oxygenator, avoiding both the heart and the lungs; a form of extracorporeal circulation used in heart surgery.
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vasculitis In the late stages, there is replacement of the subcutaneous fat by fibrosis and atrophy (wucher atrophy). systemic necrotizing vasculitis any of a group of disorders characterized by inflammation and necrosis of blood vessels, occurring in a broad spectrum of cutaneous and systemic disorders.
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- Cardiac catheterization was per-formed at 30 days of life (Figures 3 and 4). Withtest balloon occlusion of the portosystemicshunt, the mean portal vein pressure was 9 mmHg with a simultaneous right atrial mean pres-sure of 2 mm Hg: a transportal gradient of 7 mmHg. The channel was occluded with 8- and 6-mm Amplatzer vascular plugs (AGA MedicalCorporation, Golden Valley, MN).
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Top 30 Doctor insights on: How Soon Can You Fly After A Quadruple Bypass Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (Definition) The heart has 3 main arteries that supply its needed blood flow. When blockages in these arteries form then chest pain, shortness of breath, and heart attacks can occur. Coronary artery bypass is 1 method of treatment. Veins and arteries are used to go around the blockages. These are sewn in before and after the blockages in essence bypassing the blockages. ...Read more.
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Types of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a type of surgery called revascularization, used to improve blood flow to the heart in people with severe coronary artery disease (CAD) . CABG is one treatment for CAD.
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Training a Sophisticated Microsurgical Technique: Interposition of External Jugular Vein Graft in the Common Carotid Artery in Rats Neointimal hyperplasia is one the primary causes of stenosis in arterialized veins that are of great importance in arterial coronary bypass surgery, in peripheral arterial bypass surgery as well as in arteriovenous fistulas.1-5 The experimental procedure of vein graft interposition in the common carotid artery by using the cuff-technique has been ...