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  2. List of circulatory system conditions - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion.. There are many conditions of or affecting the human circulatory system — the biological system that includes the pumping and channeling of blood to and from the body and lungs with heart, blood and blood vessels.

  3. Ischemia - Wikipedia

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    The signs and symptoms of ischemia vary, as they can occur anywhere in the body and depend on the degree to which blood flow is interrupted. [4] For example, clinical manifestations of acute limb ischemia (which can be summarized as the "six P's") include pain, pallor, pulseless, paresthesia, paralysis, and poikilothermia.

  4. Arteriosclerosis - Wikipedia

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    Arteriosclerosis, literally meaning "hardening of the arteries", is an umbrella term for a vascular disorder characterized by abnormal thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity [3] of the walls of arteries; [4] this process gradually restricts the blood flow to one's organs and tissues and can lead to severe health risks brought on by atherosclerosis, which is a specific form of ...

  5. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    There are a few different ways your heart valves can malfunction, leading to poor circulation and extra stress on the heart that can ultimately lead to heart failure. Heart valve diseases include ...

  6. Brain ischemia - Wikipedia

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    Brain ischemia has been linked to a variety of diseases or abnormalities. Individuals with sickle cell anemia, compressed blood vessels, ventricular tachycardia, plaque buildup in the arteries, blood clots, extremely low blood pressure as a result of heart attack, and congenital heart defects have a higher predisposition to brain ischemia in comparison to the average population.

  7. Atherosclerosis - Wikipedia

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    Atherosclerosis [a] is a pattern of the disease arteriosclerosis, [8] characterized by development of abnormalities called lesions in walls of arteries.This is a chronic inflammatory disease involving many different cell types and driven by elevated levels of cholesterol in the blood. [9]

  8. Peripheral artery disease - Wikipedia

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    Other criteria that affect the outcome following revascularization are the length of the lesion and the number of lesions. [78] [79] There do not appear to be any long-term advantages or sustained benefits to placing a stent following angioplasty in order to hold the narrowing of the subsartorial artery open. [80]

  9. Blood vessel disorder - Wikipedia

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    An aneurysm is a localized enlargement of arteries, characterized by a balloon-like bulge. [6] It results from the abnormal weakening of blood vessel wall. [7] Common types of aneurysm include abdominal aortic aneurysm, thoracic aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm. [7]