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Intermittent constriction of the large coronary arteries. This may lead to angina pectoris in various conditions and is not necessarily associated with exertion.  

A noninvasive diagnostic computed tomography scan that may identify patients at risk for atherosclerosis and coronary disease episodes by measuring calcium in the coronary arteries.  

Calcium phosphate (hydroxyapatite) in coronary arteries, an indicator of coronary artery atherosclerosis. CAC is found in diseased but not healthy coronary arteries. During ultrafast CT scanning of the heart, tissue densities that exceed 130 Hounsfield units typically contain significant amounts of deposited calcium. The total amount of calcium present in a person’s coronary arteries can…

Chest pain, cyanosis, and collapse (or sudden death) during a meal, caused by aspiration of a bolus of food into the trachea. The Heimlich maneuver may be used to clear the obstructed airway of an adult or child who is still choking and conscious with severe obstruction.  

Syphilitic blotches on the forehead that parallel the hairline.  

The circular figure on the inner surface of the ciliary body.  

The entry point of the fallopian tube into the uterine cavity.  

The two small processes projecting inferiorly on either side of the sacral hiatus leading into the sacral canal.  

The greater or the lesser horn of the hyoid bone.  

A hornlike excrescence on the skin.