| NPE | neurogenic pulmonary edema; neuropsychologic examination; no palpable enlargement; normal pelvic exa... |
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| OE | on examination; order entry [system]; orofacial cleft; orthopedic examination; otitis externa; out-s... |
| PE | Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia; pancreatic extract; paper electrophoresis; partial epilepsy; pelvic examina... |
| PRE | photoreacting enzyme; physician's report of examination; pigmented retinal epithelium; preplacement ... |
| TSE | testicular self-examination; tissue-specific extinguisher; total skin examination; trisodium edetate... |
| cardiovascular radiology | The clinical subspecialty of radiology concerned with diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the vascular system. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| cancer, colon: screening and surveillance | Colon cancer is both preventable and curable. It is preventable by removing precancerous colon polyps. It is curable if early cancer is surgically removed before cancer spread to other parts of the body. Therefore, if screening and surveillance programs were practiced universally, there would be a major reduction in the incidence and mortality of colon cancer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| genetic screening | The process of testing individuals to find out if they carry genes for certain known genetic diseases, such as sickle cell anaemia. (09 Oct 1997) |
| carrier screening | Indiscriminate examination of members of a population to detect heterozygotes for serious disorders and counsel about the risks of marriages with other carriers, and by antenatal diagnosis where a married couple are both carriers; often sacrifices precision to simplicity and is most effectively applied to populations known to be at high risk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mass screening | Organised periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vision screening | Application of tests and examinations to identify visual defects or vision disorders occurring in specific populations, as in school children, the elderly, etc. It is differentiated from vision tests, which are given to evaluate/measure individual visual performance not related to a specific population. (12 Dec 1998) |