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• Digoxin
  .... Myocardial efficiency improves due to improved [[hemodynamics]], and the ventricular function curve is improved. ...ectopic beat]]s (bigemminy) resulting in [[ventricular tachycardia]] and [[ventricular fibrillation|fibrillation]].
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• Ephedrine
  [[Image:EphedrineInBottles.jpg|thumb|right|Ephedrine Sulphate (1932) Ephedrine Compound (1932) and Swan-Myers Ephedrin ...but pseudoephedrine has considerably less effect. Both also increase blood pressure, with again pseudoephedrine being considerably less effective.
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• Cicuta
  ...Botanical Garden - IMG 8917.jpg|thumb|alt=Plant with green and red leaves |right|''[[Cicuta virosa]]'']] [[Image:Cicutoxin.svg|thumb|right||alt=The chemical structure of cicutoxin, the toxin responsible for poisoni
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• Aconitum
  ...e nerve-ganglia and muscular fibres of the heart itself. The fall in blood-pressure is not due to any direct influence on the vessels. The respiration becomes ...iculty in breathing, headache, and confusion. The main causes of death are ventricular arrhythmias and asystole, paralysis of the heart or of the respiratory cent
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• Biopolymer
  [[File:ADN animation.gif|thumb|right|220px|Microstructure of part of a [[DNA]] [[double helix]] '''biopolymer''' [[Image:Single Polymer Chains AFM.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Linear polymer chains imaged by [[atomic force microscopy]]. Ch
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• Electric shock
  ===Ventricular fibrillation=== ...60-Hz AC current through the chest for a fraction of a second may induce [[ventricular fibrillation]] at currents as low as 60 mA. With DC, 300 to 500 mA is requi
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• List of eponymous medical signs
  ...Dettie Aaron]] || surgery || [[appendicitis]] || ||epigastric pain with pressure on McBurney's point ...neurology ||[[tabes dorsalis]] || ||absence of pain on Achilles tendon pressure
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• List of acronyms for diseases and disorders
  | [[Normal pressure hydrocephalus]] | [[Ventricular septal defect]]
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• List of cutaneous conditions
  *[[Pressure alopecia]] (Postoperative alopecia, Pressure-induced alopecia) ...ic, vegetative, and hyperpigmented papules in a zosteriform pattern on the right lateral lower extremity of an adult]]
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• List of dog diseases
  ...rt muscle resulting in [[Atrium (anatomy)|atrial]] and [[Ventricle (heart)|ventricular]] dilation. It is seen in large dog breeds such as [[Boxer (dog)|Boxer]]s, ...from a build-up of fluid in the lungs ([[pulmonary edema]]) and fainting. Right-sided heart failure may result in a build-up of fluid in the abdomen ([[asc
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• Circulatory system
  ...ght atrium of the heart and flows through the [[tricuspid valve]] into the right ventricle, from which it is pumped through the [[pulmonary semilunar valve] ...human heart (cropped).svg|300px|thumb|View from the front, which means the right side of the heart is on the left of the diagram (and vice-versa)]]
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• Vasospasm
  ...ventricular radius. All of these reductions contribute to the decrease in ventricular wall stress which is significant because this causes the demand of oxygen t ...ction of relaxation of smooth muscle cells, include a severe drop in blood pressure and an erection which will make you hate even the thought of arousal.
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• Persistent truncus arteriosus
  ...s arteriosus]]. Au. [[Atrium (heart)|Atrium]]. B. [[Bulbus cordis]]. RV. [[Right ventricle]]. LV. [[Left ventricle]]. P. [[Pulmonary artery]]. | [[Image:TruncusArteriosus.svg|thumb|right|190px|]]
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• Pressure volume diagram
  A '''pressure volume diagram''' (or '''P-V diagram''', or '''volume-pressure loop''')<ref>{{GeorgiaPhysiology|3/3ch5/s3ch5_16}}</ref>) is used to descri * Pressure (on the Y axis)
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• Wiggers diagram
  ...ortic pressure<BR>Blue = left ventricular pressure<BR>Yellow = left atrial pressure.]] * [[Blood pressure]]
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• Vasodilation
  ...arterial blood vessels (mainly arterioles) leads to a decrease in [[blood pressure]]. The response may be intrinsic (due to local processes in the surrounding ...n the mean arterial pressure. Vasodilation works to decrease TPR and blood pressure through relaxation of smooth muscle cells in the [[tunica media]] layer of
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• Pulmonary artery pressure
  ...lmonary artery pressure''' ('''PA pressure''') is a measure of the [[blood pressure]] found in the [[pulmonary artery]]. It is usually higher than the [[pulmonary wedge pressure]].
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• Reflex bradycardia
  ...eptor reflex produces a reflex bradycardia as a method of decreasing blood pressure by decreasing [[cardiac output]]. ...(CO = HR x SV, therefore BP = HR x SV x TPR). In reflex bradycardia, blood pressure is reduced by decreasing cardiac output (CO) via a decrease in heart rate (
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• Venous return curve
  ...or=Brengelmann GL |title=A critical analysis of the view that right atrial pressure determines venous return |journal=J. Appl. Physiol. |volume=94 |issue=3 |pa ...ences an increase in pulmonary venous return, which in turn increases left ventricular preload and stroke volume by the Frank–Starling mechanism. In this way,
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• Aortic valve
  ...pidly drops. When the pressure in the left ventricle decreases, the aortic pressure forces the aortic valve to close. The closure of the aortic valve contribut [[Image:Myxomatous aortic valve.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Micrograph]] demonstrating thickening of the ''spongiosa layer'' (b
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