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Pacemakers, 13 , 15 , 72

malfunction of, 86

Pacemakers, electronic, 55 -56, 87 , 91

pacing overdrive technique, 58

Palpitations, 28 , 80

Patent ductus arteriosus, 168 -169

Patient management, 48 -49

after myocardial infarction, 120 -123

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). See Coronary angioplasty

Pericardial effusion, 155 , 157

Pericardial tamponade, 94 , 156

Pericarditis, 118

acute, 156 -157, 158

chronic constrictive, 157 -158

neoplastic, 157 , 158

purulent, 158

tuberculous, 157

uremic, 157 , 158

viral, 151

Pericarditispostradiation, 157 , 158

Physical examinations, 26 , 28 -30

Pressure overload, 63

Preventive cardiology, 48

Procaineamid, 52

Propranolol, 51

PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty). See Coronary angioplasty

Pulmonary circulation, 1 -2, 2 , 10 -11, 11 , 21 , 185

Pulmonary congestion, 64

Pulmonary hypertension. See Hypertension, pulmonary

Pulmonary valve, 5 - 6. See also Semilunar valves

Pump failure, chronic, 106 , 124 -125

Pumping, intraaortic balloon, 56 , 57