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Off-pump surgery
A technique for heart surgery designed to avoid use of the heart-lung machine. The technique permits surgery on multiple vessels within the heart by mechanically stabilizing it. Off-pump surgery is minimally invasive, as compared to…
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Show more- PGA (polyglandular autoimmune syndrome) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- OCPD Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Intravenous feeding Intravenous feeding: Feeding through a vein. Also called parenteral alimentation or parenteral nutrition
- Iatrics Due to the action of a physician or a therapy the doctor prescibed. An iatrogenic disease may be…
- ASA (drug caution code) Abbreviation on a medication that indicates it contains acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). This special caution…
- VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor, a substance made by cells that stimulates the formation of new blood…
- Aortic regurgitation The return of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle of the heart due to aortic insufficiency…
- Adult acne Popular name for rosacea. For more information, see: Rosacea
- Anticholinergic The action of certain medications that inhibit the transmission of parasympathetic nerve impulses and thereby…
- Electrophoresis A process by which molecules (such as proteins, DNA, or RNA fragments) can be separated according to size and…
- Leu Leucine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Vaginitis, yeast Infection of the vagina by a fungus known as Candida, characteristically causing itching, burning, soreness…