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  2. Decompression sickness - Wikipedia

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    Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression.

  3. Mitral stenosis - Wikipedia

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    Once symptoms of mitral stenosis begin to develop, progression to severe disability takes 9.2 ± 4.3 years. [citation needed] In individuals having been offered mitral valve surgery but refused, survival with medical therapy alone was 44 ± 6% at 5 years, and 32 ± 8% at 10 years after they were offered correction. [4]

  4. Mitral regurgitation - Wikipedia

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    Mitral regurgitation, also known as mitral insufficiency or mitral incompetence, is the backward flow of blood from the left ventricle, through the mitral valve, and into the left atrium, when the left ventricle contracts, resulting in a systolic murmur radiating to the left armpit.

  5. Mitral valve prolapse - Wikipedia

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    Mitral valve prolapse classification. Diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse is based on modern echocardiographic techniques which can pinpoint abnormal leaflet thickening and other related pathology. Echocardiography is the most useful method of diagnosing a prolapsed mitral valve. Two- and three-dimensional echocardiography is particularly ...

  6. Hydrolock - Wikipedia

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    Bent connecting rod after hydrolock Same connecting rod, turned 90° The term "hydrolock" is commonly used to describe a condition where an engine becomes immobilized due to the presence of liquid—typically water or coolant—in the combustion chamber. However, "hydrolock" is not a scientifically recognized term in fluid mechanics or engineering.

  7. Valvular heart disease - Wikipedia

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    Pulmonary valve diseases are the least common heart valve disease in adults. [1] [4] Pulmonary valve stenosis is often the result of congenital malformations and is observed in isolation or as part of a larger pathologic process, as in Tetralogy of Fallot, Noonan syndrome, and congenital rubella syndrome. Unless the degree of stenosis is severe ...

  8. Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Tel Hashomer camptodactyly syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which is characterized by camptodactyly,( a condition where one or more fingers or toes are permanently bent), facial dysmorphisms, and fingerprint, skeletal and muscular abnormalities. [2] [3] This disorder is thought to be inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. [4]

  9. Chronic venous insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a medical condition characterized by blood pooling in the veins, leading to increased pressure and strain on the vein walls. [1] The most common cause of CVI is superficial venous reflux, which often results in the formation of varicose veins, a treatable condition. [2]