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Defibrillator |
Medical device used to restore a normal heart rhythm by delivering an electrical shock; also called a Cardioverter |
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Diastole |
Relaxation phase of the heart cycle during which the heart muscle relaxers & the heart chambers fill with blood. |
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Dysrhythmia |
Abnormally of the rhythm or rate of the heartbeat. It is caused by a disturbance of the normal electrical activity within the heart and can be divided into two main groups: tachycardios and bradycardios. Dysrhythmia is also referred to as an arrhythmia. |
Dys - difficult, abnormal rhythm - rhythm -is - condition |
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Echocardiography (ECHO) |
Noninvasive ultrasound used to evaluate the heart for valvular or structural defects and coronary artery disease. |
Ech/o - reflected sound cardi/o - heart -graphy - recording |
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Electrocardiograph (ECG,EKG) |
Medical diagnostic device used for recording the electrical impulse of the heart muscle. |
Electr/o - electricity cardi/o - heart -graph - instrument for recording. |
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Embolism |
Pathological condition caused by obstruction of a blood vessel by foreign substances or a blood clot. |
Embol - a throwing in -ism - condition |
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Endarterectomy |
Surgical excision of the inner portion of an artery. |
End- within arter - artery -ectomy - surgical excision |
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Endocarditis |
Inflammation of the inner living of the heart (endocardium). It typically occurs when bacteria from other parts of the body travel through the bloodstream, and affects heart valves & other important cardio structures. |
Endo - within card - heart -itis - inflammation |
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Endocardium |
Inner living of the heart |
Endo - within cardi - heart -um - tissue |
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Extracorporeal Circulation (ECC) |
Pertaining to the circulation of the blood outside body via a heart - lung machine or in hemodialysis. |
Extra - outside corpor - body -cal - pertaining to circulat - circular -ion - process |
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Fibrilation |
Spontaneous twitching of muscle fibers that occur in neuropathies & myopathies; disorganized pathological rhythm that can lead to death if not immediately corrected. |
Fibrillat - fibrils (small fibers) -ion - process |
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Flutter |
Rapid heart rate may cause cardiac output (CO) to be decreased. With atrial flutter, the heart rate is 200-400 bpm. With atrial flutter, the heartbeat is 250 bpm or more. On an EKG recording a flutter will demonstrate a slow tooth appearance. |
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