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Endovascular aneurysm repair. A procedure to repair an aneurysm of the aorta. In EVAR a stent is placed in the aneurysmal area of the aorta. The procedure is similar to the placement of a stent in a coronary artery after angioplasty. An…
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Show more- Molecules, recombinant DNA A combination of DNA molecules of different origin that are joined using recombinant DNA technology
- Artificial nose See: Nasal prosthesis
- North Asian tick-borne rickettsiosis One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Pulse, pistol-shot See: Pulse, water hammer
- Pregnancy symptoms Pregnancy symptoms: A symptom or sign of pregnancy. These symptoms and signs depend upon the time in…
- Anencephaly A neural tube defect (NTD) that occurs when the cephalic (head) end of the neural tube fails to close…
- Patient autonomy The right of patients to make decisions about their medical care without their health care provider trying to…
- TXB2 Thromboxane B2, the inactive product of thromboxane
- LAVH Laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy, a procedure using laparoscopic techniques to remove the uterus…
- Hypoxemia Abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood. Hypoxemia may be mild to severe and leads to shortness of…
- Ventricular tachycardia An abnormally rapid heart rhythm that originates from a ventricle, one of the lower chambers of the heart…
- Lizard bite Only two types of lizards are poisonous: the Gila monster that lives in Arizona and Mexico and the beaded…