| CVS | cardiovascular surgery; cardiovascular system; challenge virus strain; chorionic villi sampling; cle... |
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| ARF | acute renal failure; acute respiratory failure; acute rheumatic fever; Addiction Research Foundation... |
| DAPRU | Drug Abuse Prevention Resource Unit |
| EPA/RCRA | Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| LRC | learning resource center; lower rib cage |
| cardiovascular | <cardiology, physiology> Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| cardiovascular abnormalities | Congenital structural abnormalities of the cardiovascular system. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiovascular agents | Agents that affect the rate or intensity of cardiac contraction, blood vessel diameter, or blood volume. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiovascular deconditioning | A change in cardiovascular function, especially after periods of actual or simulated weightlessness or diminished power or strength, probably related to the shift of a quantity of blood from the lower limbs to the thorax, resulting in reflex diuresis and a reduction of blood volume. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiovascular physiology | Functions and activities of the cardiovascular system as a whole or of any of its parts. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiovascular radiology | The clinical subspecialty of radiology concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the vascular system. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiovascular surgery | The use of surgery to fix disorders of the heartand/or blood vessels. (09 Oct 1997) |
| cardiovascular surgical procedures | Surgery performed on the heart or blood vessels. (12 Dec 1998) |
| cardiovascular syphilis | Involvement of the cardiovascular system seen in late syphilis, usually resulting in aortitis, aneurysm formation, and aortic valvular insufficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiovascular system | The heart and the blood vessels by which blood is pumped and circulated through the body. (12 Dec 1998) |
| models, cardiovascular | Theoretical representations that simulate the behaviour or activity of the cardiovascular system, processes, or phenomena; includes the use of mathematical equations, computers and other electronic equipment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pregnancy complications, cardiovascular | The co-occurrence of pregnancy and a cardiovascular disease. The disease may precede or follow conception and it may or may not have a deleterious effect on the pregnant woman or foetus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| diagnostic techniques, cardiovascular | Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the cardiovascular system or its organs or demonstration of their physiological processes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tuberculosis, cardiovascular | Tuberculosis of the heart, pericardium, or blood vessels. (12 Dec 1998) |
| functional cardiovascular disease | A euphemism for cardiovascular symptoms deemed to be psychogenic. More generally, sometimes used for abnormal cardiac function. (05 Mar 2000) |