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Coated stent
Also known as a medicated stent. A tiny cage coated with a drug to prop open an artery and prevent it from closing again. The stent is a minute metal mesh tube. It is inserted into a coronary artery usually just after an angioplasty has…
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- Central venous catheter See: Catheter, central venous
- Radioisotope A version of a chemical element that has an unstable nucleus and emits radiation during its decay to a stable…
- Node, sinoatrial The sinoatrial is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the…
- Diabetic musculoskeletal disorder A musculoskeletal problem associated with diabetes mellitus. These include: > >Diabetic syndrome of limited…
- Syndrome, Pendred See Pendred syndrome
- Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome Abbreviated WHS. A chromosome disorder due to partial deletion of the short (p) arm of chromosome 4. It is…
- Gland, prostate A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the…
- Food, super Foods with alleged healing or health-promoting capabilities. The healing power of foods is a popular concept…
- Cyclin D A family of three closely related proteins termed cyclin D1, D2 and D3 that are expressed in an overlapping…
- Lysosome An organelle (a little organ) in a cell containing enzymes that degrade macromolecules (large molecules) and…
- Stickler syndrome, type I See: Stickler syndrome