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A

abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) (Aortic Aneurysm)
ablación cardíaca con catéter (Ablación por catéter (en español))
Ablación por catéter (en español) (ablación cardíaca con catéter)
Acute Coronary Syndrome (Angina)
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Acute Lung Injury, ARDS, Noncardiac Pulmonary Edema)
Airway stent (Stents)
Allogeneic Transplant (Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant)
Ambulatory EKG or ECC (Holter and Event Monitors)
Anemia (Iron-poor blood, Low blood, Tired blood)
Anemia (en español) (pobre en hierro, sangre baja, sangre cansada)
Anemia de células falciformes (en español) (Anemia falciforme, Enfermedad de la hemoglobina S o SS, Trastorno debido a la hemoglobina S)
Angiitis (Vasculitis)
Angina (Angina Pectoris, Acute Coronary Syndrome, Microvascular Angina, Prinzmetal’s Angina, Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, Variant Angina, Vasospastic Angina, Cardiac Syndrome X)
Angina Pectoris (Angina)
Aortic Aneurysm (abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA))
Apheresis (Blood Donation)
Aplastic Anemia (Bone Marrow Failure)
Arrest of Lung Development (Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia)
Arrhythmia (Dysrhythmia)
Arteritis (Vasculitis)
Asbestos-Related Lung Diseases (Asbestosis, Mesothelioma)
Atelectasis (Collapsed lung)
Aterosclerosis (en español) (Arteriosclerosis)
Atherosclerosis (Arteriosclerosis, Hardening of arteries)
Atrial Septal Defect (Congenital Heart Defects)
Autologous Transplant (Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant)
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) (Defibrillators)

B

Barlow’s Syndrome (Mitral Valve Prolapse)
Bird fancier’s lung (Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis)
Bleeding Disorders (Hemophilia, von Willebrand Disease, Coagulation Disorders, Blood Clotting Disorders, Clotting Factor Deficiencies)
Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant (Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Hematopoietic Cell Transplant, Autologous Transplant, Allogeneic Transplant)
Blood Clotting Disorders (Bleeding Disorders)
Blood Donation (Giving Blood, Donating Blood, Blood Drive, Apheresis)
Blood Drive (Blood Donation)
Bone Marrow Failure (Aplastic Anemia)
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (Arrest of Lung Development, Evolving Chronic Lung Disease, Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease, Respiratory Insufficiency)
Bronquitis crónica (EPOC (en español))

C

Calcium Scan Test (Coronary Calcium Scan)
Cardiac Arrest (Sudden Cardiac Arrest)
Cardiac Catheter Ablation (Catheter Ablation)
Cardiac Catheterization (Cardiac cath, Heart catheterization)
Cardiac CT Scan (Computed Tomography, Computed Axial Tomography Scan (CAT scan))
Cardiac MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)
Cardiac Shock (Cardiogenic Shock)
Cardiac Syndrome X (Angina)
Cardiogenic Shock (Cardiac Shock)
Carotid artery stent (Stents)
Carotid Artery Surgery (Carotid Endarterectomy)
Carotid Duplex (Carotid Ultrasound)
Carotid Endarterectomy (Carotid Artery Surgery)
Carotid Ultrasound (Carotid Duplex)
Catheter Ablation (Cardiac Catheter Ablation)
Cerebrovascular accident (Stroke)
Chest CT (Chest CT Scan)
Chest CT Scan (Chest CT, X Ray Computed Tomography (x ray CT), computed axial tomography scan (CAT scan))
Chest MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Circadian Rhythm Disorders (Sleep-Wake Cycle Disorders)
clinical research (Clinical Trials)
Clinical Trials (clinical research)
Clotting Factor Deficiencies (Bleeding Disorders)
Coagulation Disorders (Bleeding Disorders)
Collapsed lung (Atelectasis)
computed axial tomography scan (CAT scan) (Chest CT Scan)
Computed Tomography (Cardiac CT Scan)
Conduction Disorders (Heart Block)
Congenital Heart Defects (Holes in the Heart, Atrial Septal Defect, Ventricular Septal Defect, Tetralogy of Fallot, Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), Congenital Heart Disease)
Congenital Heart Disease (Congenital Heart Defects)
Congestive heart failure (Heart Failure)
Consumption Coagulopathy (Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation)
Continuous EKG or ECG (Holter and Event Monitors)
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Emphysema)
Coronary Angioplasty (Percutaneous Coronary Intervention)
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (Heart Bypass Surgery)
Coronary Artery Disease (Coronary Heart Disease)
Coronary artery stent (Stents)
Coronary Calcium Scan (Calcium Scan Test)
Coronary Heart Disease (Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Microvascular Disease, Coronary Syndrome X, Ischemic Heart Disease, Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease, Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease)
Coronary Microvascular Disease (Coronary Heart Disease)
Coronary Syndrome X (Coronary Heart Disease)
CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure)
CPAP (en español) (presión positiva continua en las vías respiratorias)

D

Dash diet (DASH Eating Plan)
DASH Eating Plan (Dash diet)
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) (Venous Thromboembolism)
Defibrillators (Automated External Defibrillator (AED), Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD), Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD))
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (Consumption Coagulopathy)
Donating Blood (Blood Donation)
Dysrhythmia (Arrhythmia)

E

Echocardiography (Echo, Surface echo, Ultrasound of the heart)
EKG Event Monitors (Holter and Event Monitors)
embolia pulmonar (EP) (Tromboembolismo Venoso (en español))
Emphysema (COPD)
Endocarditis (Heart Inflammation)
enfermedad arterial coronaria (Enfermedad isquémica del corazón (en español))
enfermedad coronaria microvascular (Enfermedad isquémica del corazón (en español))
Enfermedad de la hemoglobina S o SS (Anemia de células falciformes (en español))
Enfermedad isquémica del corazón (en español) (enfermedad arterial coronaria, enfermedad coronaria, enfermedad coronaria microvascular)
Enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC (en español))
EPOC (en español) (Enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica, Bronquitis crónica, Enfisema)
Evolving Chronic Lung Disease (Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia)
Exercise Stress Test (Stress Test)
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis (Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis)

F

Fanconi Anemia (Fanconi’s anemia, FA)
Fanconi’s anemia (Fanconi Anemia)

G

Gammagrafía pulmonar de ventilación/perfusión VQ (en español) (gammagrafías de ventilación (V) y perfusión (Q) pulmonar o de los pulmones)
gammagrafías de ventilación (V) y perfusión (Q) pulmonar o de los pulmones (Gammagrafía pulmonar de ventilación/perfusión VQ (en español))
Gene Addition (Genetic Therapies)
Gene Transfer (Genetic Therapies)
Genetic Therapies (Gene Transfer, Genome Editing, Gene Addition)
Genome Editing (Genetic Therapies)
Giving Blood (Blood Donation)

H

Hardening of arteries (Atherosclerosis)
Heart Attack (Myocardial infarction)
Heart Block (Conduction Disorders)
Heart Bypass Surgery (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting)
Heart catheterization (Cardiac Catheterization)
Heart Failure (Congestive heart failure)
Heart Inflammation (Endocarditis, Myocarditis, Pericarditis)
Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant)
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant (Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant)
Hemoglobin S or SS disease (Sickle Cell Disease)
Hemophilia (Bleeding Disorders)
Hemothorax (Pleural Disorders)
High Blood Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia)
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension )
High Blood Triglycerides (Hypertriglyceridemia, Dyslipidemia, Lipid Disorder)
Holes in the Heart (Congenital Heart Defects)
Holter and Event Monitors (Ambulatory EKG or ECC, Continuous EKG or ECG, EKG Event Monitors)
How the Lungs Work (Respiratory System)
Hyaline Membrane Disease (Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
Hypercholesterolemia (High Blood Cholesterol)
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis (Extrinsic allergic alveolitis, Bird fancier’s lung, Farmer’s lung, Hot tub lung, Humidifier lung)
Hypertension  (High Blood Pressure)
Hypertriglyceridemia (High Blood Triglycerides)
Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure)

I

L

LAM (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis)
Lipid Disorder (High Blood Triglycerides)
Low blood (Anemia)
Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
Lung Function Tests (Pulmonary Function Tests)
Lung or Pulmonary Ventilation (V) and Perfusion (Q) Scans (Lung VQ Scan)
Lung VQ Scan (Lung or Pulmonary Ventilation (V) and Perfusion (Q) Scans)
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
Lymphocytopenia (Lymphopenia)
Lymphopenia (Lymphocytopenia)

M

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (Cardiac MRI, Chest MRI)
Microvascular Angina (Angina)
Mitral Valve Prolapse (Barlow’s Syndrome)
Myocardial infarction (Heart Attack)
Myocarditis (Heart Inflammation)

N

Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease (Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia)
Neonatal Respiratory Conditions (Neonatal Respiratory Diseases)
Neonatal Respiratory Diseases (Neonatal Respiratory Distress, Neonatal Respiratory Conditions, Respiratory Distress in the Newborn)
Neonatal Respiratory Distress (Neonatal Respiratory Diseases)
Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
Noncardiac Pulmonary Edema (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
Nonobstructive Coronary Artery Disease (Coronary Heart Disease)
Nuclear Heart Scan (Nuclear Stress Test, Radionuclide Scan)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Cardiac MRI, Chest MRI)
Nuclear Stress Test (Nuclear Heart Scan)

O

Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (Pickwickian Syndrome)
Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease (Coronary Heart Disease)
Oxigenoterapia (en español) (oxígeno, oxígeno suplementario)
Oxygen and Supplemental Oxygen (Oxygen Therapy)
Oxygen Therapy (Oxygen and Supplemental Oxygen)
oxígeno suplementario (Oxigenoterapia (en español))

P

Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) (Congenital Heart Defects)
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Coronary Angioplasty)
Pericarditis (Heart Inflammation)
Pickwickian Syndrome (Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome)
Pleural Disorders (Empyema, Hemothorax, Pleurisy, Pleural Effusion, Pneumothorax)
Pleural Effusion (Pleural Disorders)
Pneumothorax (Pleural Disorders)
pobre en hierro (Anemia (en español))
Polysomnography (Sleep Studies)
presión positiva continua en las vías respiratorias (CPAP (en español))
Prinzmetal’s Angina (Angina)
Pruebas de la función pulmonar (en español) (pruebas del funcionamiento pulmonar)
pruebas del funcionamiento pulmonar (Pruebas de la función pulmonar (en español))
pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) (Pulmonary Hypertension)
Pulmonary Embolism (PE) (Venous Thromboembolism)
Pulmonary Function Tests (Lung Function Tests)
Pulmonary Hypertension (pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH))

R

Radionuclide Scan (Nuclear Heart Scan)
Raynaud's (Raynauds Phenomenon)
Raynauds Phenomenon (Raynaud's)
Respiratory Distress in the Newborn (Neonatal Respiratory Diseases)
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Hyaline Membrane Disease, Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Surfactant Deficiency)
Respiratory Insufficiency (Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia)
Respiratory System (How the Lungs Work)

S

sangre baja (Anemia (en español))
sangre cansada (Anemia (en español))
Sickle Cell Anemia (Sickle Cell Disease)
Sickle Cell Disease (Sickle Cell Anemia, Hemoglobin S or SS disease, Sickling disorder due to hemoglobin S)
Sickling disorder due to hemoglobin S (Sickle Cell Disease)
Sleep Studies (Polysomnography)
Sleep-Wake Cycle Disorders (Circadian Rhythm Disorders)
Stable Angina (Angina)
Stents (Coronary artery stent, Carotid artery stent, Airway stent)
Stress Test (Exercise Stress Test, Treadmill Test)
Stroke (Cerebrovascular accident)
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (Cardiac Arrest, Sudden Cardiac Death)
Sudden Cardiac Death (Sudden Cardiac Arrest)
Surface echo (Echocardiography)
Surfactant Deficiency (Respiratory Distress Syndrome)

T

Tetralogy of Fallot (Congenital Heart Defects)
thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) (Aortic Aneurysm)
Tired blood (Anemia)
Tomografía computarizada (TC) de tórax (en español) (TC de tórax, tomografía computarizada por rayos X, tomografía axial computarizada)
tomografía computarizada por rayos X (Tomografía computarizada (TC) de tórax (en español))
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement)
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI))
Trastorno debido a la hemoglobina S (Anemia de células falciformes (en español))
Treadmill Test (Stress Test)
Tromboembolismo Venoso (en español) (coágulos de sangre, trombosis venosa profunda (TVP), embolia pulmonar (EP))
trombosis venosa profunda (TVP) (Tromboembolismo Venoso (en español))

U

Ultrasound of the heart (Echocardiography)
Unstable Angina (Angina)

V

Variant Angina (Angina)
Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (Vascular Dementia)
Vascular Dementia (Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia)
Vasculitis (Angiitis, Arteritis)
Vasospastic Angina (Angina)
Venous Thromboembolism (Blood Clots, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), Pulmonary Embolism (PE))
Ventricular Septal Defect (Congenital Heart Defects)
von Willebrand Disease (Bleeding Disorders)

W

Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) (Defibrillators)

X

X Ray Computed Tomography (x ray CT) (Chest CT Scan)