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Balloon valvuloplasty
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Balloon valvuloplasty Plastic surgery to repair a valve, especially a heart valve.
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Surgery
Treating diseases or other medical conditions by operating on a patient to remove or repair parts of the body.
Valve
A fold in the lining of an organ that prevents fluid from flowing backward.
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
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Ball-and-socket joint
A ball-and-socket joint is one in which the round end of a bone fits into the cavity of another bone. The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint.
Ballism
Quick, jerking movements that occur in people with chorea.
Balloon angioplasty
Coronary angioplasty is accomplished using a balloon-tipped catheter inserted through an artery in the groin or arm to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Coronary artery disease occurs when cholesterol plaque builds up (atherosclerosis) in the walls of the arteries to the heart. Angioplasty is successful in opening coronary arteries in 90% of patients. 40% of patients with successful coronary angioplasty will develop recurrent narrowing at the site of balloon inflation.
Balloon Angioplasty (Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty or PTCA)
A specially designed balloon catheter with a small balloon tip is guided to the point of narrowing in the artery. Once in place, the balloon is inflated to compress the fatty matter into the artery wall and stretch the artery open to increase blood flow through the blood vessel.
Balloon tamponade
"A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding blood vessels, compress the vessels, and stop the bleeding. Used in the treatment of bleeding veins in the esophagus (esophageal varices) and stomach. The balloon used in the esophagus is shaped like a sausage while that in the stomach is rounded. Balloon tamponade is also called esophagogastric tamponade. The word ""tamponade"" is direct from the French. The French verb ""tamponner"" means to plug up."
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B cell
The precursors of antibody-forming plasma cells; these cells carry immunoglobulin and class II MHC (major histocompatibility complex) antigens on their surfaces.
Basophil
A polymorphonuclear leukocyte., whose basophils granules contain heparin, histamine and other vasoactive amines. Within tissues, these cells are known as mast cells q.v.
Blocking antibody
A functional term for an antibody molecule capable of blocking the interaction of antigen with other antibodies or with cells.
Bursa of Fabricius
An outpouching of the cloaca in birds; site of development of B cells in birds.
Bezoar
A bezoar is a ball of swallowed foreign material (usually hair or fiber) that collects in the stomach and fails to pass through the intestines.
Balloon valvuloplasty
Barium
A chalky liquid used to coat the inside of organs so that they will show up on an x-ray.
Barium enema with x-ray
Lower GI series. An X-ray examination of the large intestines. X-rays are taken after rectal instillation of barium sulfate.
Barium meal
Upper GI series. X-rays of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. The patient swallows barium first. Barium makes the organs show up on x-rays.
Barrett's esophagus
Peptic ulcer of the lower esophagus. It is caused by the presence of cells that normally stay in the stomach lining.
Basal body temperature
Temperature of a person's body taken first thing in the morning after several hours of sleep and before any activity, including getting out of bed or talking; often charted to determine the time of ovulation.
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Surgery
Treating diseases or other medical conditions by operating on a patient to remove or repair parts of the body.
Valve
A fold in the lining of an organ that prevents fluid from flowing backward.
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ responsible for pumping blood through the circulatory system.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Ball-and-socket joint
A ball-and-socket joint is one in which the round end of a bone fits into the cavity of another bone. The hip joint is a ball-and-socket joint.
Ballism
Quick, jerking movements that occur in people with chorea.
Balloon angioplasty
Coronary angioplasty is accomplished using a balloon-tipped catheter inserted through an artery in the groin or arm to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Coronary artery disease occurs when cholesterol plaque builds up (atherosclerosis) in the walls of the arteries to the heart. Angioplasty is successful in opening coronary arteries in 90% of patients. 40% of patients with successful coronary angioplasty will develop recurrent narrowing at the site of balloon inflation.
Balloon Angioplasty (Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty or PTCA)
A specially designed balloon catheter with a small balloon tip is guided to the point of narrowing in the artery. Once in place, the balloon is inflated to compress the fatty matter into the artery wall and stretch the artery open to increase blood flow through the blood vessel.
Balloon tamponade
"A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding blood vessels, compress the vessels, and stop the bleeding. Used in the treatment of bleeding veins in the esophagus (esophageal varices) and stomach. The balloon used in the esophagus is shaped like a sausage while that in the stomach is rounded. Balloon tamponade is also called esophagogastric tamponade. The word ""tamponade"" is direct from the French. The French verb ""tamponner"" means to plug up."
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
B cell
The precursors of antibody-forming plasma cells; these cells carry immunoglobulin and class II MHC (major histocompatibility complex) antigens on their surfaces.
Basophil
A polymorphonuclear leukocyte., whose basophils granules contain heparin, histamine and other vasoactive amines. Within tissues, these cells are known as mast cells q.v.
Blocking antibody
A functional term for an antibody molecule capable of blocking the interaction of antigen with other antibodies or with cells.
Bursa of Fabricius
An outpouching of the cloaca in birds; site of development of B cells in birds.
Bezoar
A bezoar is a ball of swallowed foreign material (usually hair or fiber) that collects in the stomach and fails to pass through the intestines.
Balloon valvuloplasty
Barium
A chalky liquid used to coat the inside of organs so that they will show up on an x-ray.
Barium enema with x-ray
Lower GI series. An X-ray examination of the large intestines. X-rays are taken after rectal instillation of barium sulfate.
Barium meal
Upper GI series. X-rays of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. The patient swallows barium first. Barium makes the organs show up on x-rays.
Barrett's esophagus
Peptic ulcer of the lower esophagus. It is caused by the presence of cells that normally stay in the stomach lining.
Basal body temperature
Temperature of a person's body taken first thing in the morning after several hours of sleep and before any activity, including getting out of bed or talking; often charted to determine the time of ovulation.
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