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Test, radionucleide stress
Stress: This procedure involves injecting a radioactive isotope (typically thallium or cardiolyte) into the patient's vein after which an image of the patient's heart becomes visible with a special camera. The radioactive isotopes are…
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- Myelitis, transverse A disease of the spinal cord in which there is demyelination (erosion of the myelin sheath that normally…
- Miller's lung A type of allergic inflammation of the lungs (hypersensitivity pneumonitis) in people who are hypersensitive…
- Torsion dystonia A form of dystonia known as early-onset torsion dystonia (also called idiopathic or generalized torsion…
- Leg, ankle and foot bones There are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip…
- Apnea, central sleep Sleep (CSA): Sleep apnea is a breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing during…
- Immunoglobulin M Abbreviated IgM. A major class of immunoglobulins. IgM includes the antibodies that are usually produced…
- Coronary artery brachytherapy Local radiation treatment within an artery to the heart. Coronary artery brachytherapy has been used to…
- DNA assembly The process of putting fragments of DNA that have been sequenced into their correct chromosomal positions…
- BKA Acronym standing for 'below knee amputation.' A nurse scrubbing for a BKA is preparing to assist in a…
- Pachyonychia congenita, type 1 This is a form of pachyonychia congenita (elephant nails from birth) in which teeth are evident at birth. It…
- APC APC has several very different meanings in medicine. See each of the following separate entries:1. APC…