💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Congenital heart disease"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| heart failurenoun | (cardiology, pathology) The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath. |
| cardiovascular diseasenoun | A disease involving the heart or blood vessels, i.e. arteries and veins, such as coronary heart disease. |
| cardiac arrhythmianoun | an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart |
| cardiomyopathynoun | (pathology) The deterioration of the myocardium. |
| coronary insufficiencynoun | inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris |
| enlarged heartnoun | an abnormal enlargement of the heart |
| cardiomyopathiesnoun | (pathology) The deterioration of the myocardium. |
| heart murmurnoun | (medicine) A sound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope and often (but not necessarily) indicative of a physiological defect in the heart. |
| congenitally | In a congenital manner; from birth. |
| ischemic cardiomyopathy | a type of cardiomyopathy caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries which supply blood to the heart. |
| cardiopathynoun | (medicine) Any disease or disorder of the heart. |
| heart blocknoun | (pathology) A disease in the electrical system of the heart, opposed to coronary artery disease, which is disease of the blood vessels of the heart. |
| heart attacknoun | (cardiology, pathology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue. |
| myocarditisnoun | (pathology, cardiology) Inflammation of the myocardium. |
| coronary thrombosisnoun | (cardiology, pathology) Thrombosis of a coronary artery, that is, a blockage, caused by a blood clot, of the blood flow in a coronary artery of the heart, leading to myocardial infarction. |
| heart valvenoun | (anatomy, cardiology) Any of the valves in the heart which prevent blood from moving in the wrong direction. |
| aortic stenosis | (AS or AoS) the narrowing of the exit of the left ventricle of the heart (where the aorta begins), such that problems result. |
| mitral stenosis | a valvular heart disease characterized by the narrowing of the opening of the mitral valve of the heart. |
| myocardial infarctnoun | (cardiology, pathology) Synonym of myocardial infarction. |
| birth defectnoun | (medicine) Any of several medical disorders that are present at birth. |
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