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	<title>Heart Failure Online &#187; Glossary</title>
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		<title>Heart Transplant</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Treatment for end stage heart failure to replace a failing heart with a new donor heart.]]></description>
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		<title>Bradycardia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decreased heart rate (under 60 beats per minute, usually asymptomatic until 50 beats per minute).]]></description>
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		<title>Vein</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blood vessel carrying blood toward the heart.]]></description>
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		<title>Vasodilator</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug that enlarges the blood vessels and decreases resistance to blood flow.]]></description>
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		<title>Vascular</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vessels that carry or circulate fluids, such as blood, lymph, or sap through the body of an animal or a plant.]]></description>
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		<title>Urinalysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laboratory analysis of urine, used to aid in the diagnosis of disease or to detect the presence of a specific substance, such as protein.]]></description>
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		<title>Thrombus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fibrinous clot formed in a blood vessel or in a chamber of the heart.]]></description>
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		<title>Tachycardia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increased heart rate (over 100 beats per minute).]]></description>
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		<title>Systole</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contraction of the heart chambers and ejection of the blood to the lungs and body.]]></description>
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		<title>Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A branch of the nervous system that modulates unconscious functions.]]></description>
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