| pp | near point of accommodation [Lat. punctum proximum]; postprandial; postpartum |
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| PPA | palpation, percussion, auscultation; pepsin A; phenylpropanolamine; phenylpyruvic acid; Pittsburgh p... |
| PPD | packs per day; paraphenylenediamine; percussion and postural drainage; permanent partial disability;... |
| PPH | past pertinent history; persistent pulmonary hypertension; phosphopyruvate hydratase; postpartum hem... |
| PPRF | paramedian pontine reticular formation; postpartum renal failure |
| cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic | A myocardial disease characterised by hypertrophy, involving mainly the interventricular septum, interfering with left ventricular emptying. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| cardiomyopathy, restrictive | Myocardial disease in which the ventricular walls are excessively rigid, impeding ventricular filling; it is marked by abnormal diastolic function but by normal or nearly normal systolic function. (12 Dec 1998) |
| restrictive cardiomyopathy | <cardiology, pathology> A group of disorders which affect the heart muscle resulting in the ineffective pumping of blood. Examples include amyloidosis, Loeffler's syndrome, sarcoidosis, haemochromatosis, scleroderma and carcinoid syndrome. Complications include arrhythmias and progressive heart failure. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
| chagas cardiomyopathy | Cardiomyopathy with conduction defects and cardiac enlargement characteristic of the last phase of chagas disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peripartum cardiomyopathy | Cardiac failure due to heart muscle disease in the period before, during, or after delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital cardiomyopathy | <radiology> Endocardial fibroelastosis, myocarditis, glycogen storage disease (Pompe's), anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (12 Dec 1998) |
| congestive cardiomyopathy | Heart muscle disease of unknown or known origin involving cardiac muscle and not primarily involving any other structures, with systemic and pulmonary congestion through increased pressure and volume in the venous systems. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary cardiomyopathy | Cardiomyopathy of unknown or obscure cause. A disease that affects mainly the heart muscle, sparing other cardiac structures and usually resulting in fibrosis, hypertrophy, or both. Synonym: idiopathic cardiomyopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary cardiomyopathy | Disease that affects the myocardium secondarily to systemic disease, infection, or metabolic disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | <cardiology, pathology> A congenital heart disease that results in abnormal thickening of the ventricular septum and left ventricular wall. Enlargement of the ventricular septum can result in ventricular outflow obstruction (subaortic stenosis) and eventual cardiomyopathy. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
| dilated cardiomyopathy | <cardiology, pathology> A group of disorders where the heart muscle is weakened and cannot pump effectively. The net result is dilation of the cardiac chambers or cardiac enlargement. The poor cardiac function results in congestive heart failure. Causes for dilated cardiomyopathy include anaemia, obesity, amyloidosis, alcohol abuse, ischaemic cardiomyopathy, viral infections and idiopathic cardiomyopathy. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
| idiopathic cardiomyopathy | Cardiomyopathy of unknown or obscure cause. A disease that affects mainly the heart muscle, sparing other cardiac structures and usually resulting in fibrosis, hypertrophy, or both. Synonym: idiopathic cardiomyopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infiltrative cardiomyopathy | <cardiology, pathology> A group of disorders which affect the heart muscle resulting in the ineffective pumping of blood. Examples include amyloidosis, Loeffler's syndrome, sarcoidosis, haemochromatosis, scleroderma and carcinoid syndrome. Complications include arrhythmias and progressive heart failure. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
| familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Familial occurrence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy exhibiting an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Familial cardiomyopathy of various kinds occurs with autosomal dominant inheritance. There is also an asymmetrical form affecting the ventricles and the interventricular septum. (05 Mar 2000) |