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Cardioversion
The conversion of one cardiac rhythm or electrical pattern to another, almost always from an abnormal to a normal one. This conversion can be accomplished by pharmacologic means using medications or by electrical cardioversion using a…
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- Shoulder pain Pain in the shoulder due to an injury or disease. The design of the shoulder joint is such that it sacrifices…
- Adenosine thallium scan A method of examining the heart to obtain information about the blood supply to the heart muscle. Special…
- Reflex, photic sneeze A disorder, also known as the achoo syndrome, characterized by nearly uncontrollable paroxysms of sneezing…
- Swelling of the brain See: Cerebral edema
- Injury, mower See: Mower injury
- Alopecia Baldness. There are many types of alopecia, each with a different cause. Alopecia may be localized to the…
- Ht Abbreviation for height (and also heart)
- Medical school syndrome A form of acute hypochondriasis that affects most people in training to be a physician. For example, when…
- Alcohol poisoning A condition in which a toxic amount of alcohol (ethanol, ethyl alcohol) has been drunk, usually in a short…
- Hyperbilirubinemia type I Better known as Gilbert's disease, a common but harmless genetic condition in which a liver enzyme essential…
- Bronchiolitis Inflammation of the bronchioles, the airways that extend beyond the bronchi and terminate in the alveoli…