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36 Cards in this Set
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angi/o
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blood vessel
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aort/o
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aorta
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arteri/o
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artery
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ather/o
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plague
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brady
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slow
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cardi/o
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heart
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-crasia
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mixture or blending
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-emia
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blood or blood condition
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erythr/o
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red
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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leuk/o
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white
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phleb/o
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vein
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tachy
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fast, rapid
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thromb/o
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clot
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ven/o
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vein
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ACE inhibitor
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blocks the action of the enzyme that causes the blood vessels to contract resulting in hypertension
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anemia
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lower than normal number of erythrocytes (red b/c) in the blood
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aneurysm
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localized weakspot or ballon - like enlargement of the wall of the artery
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angina
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condition of episodes of serve chest pain due to inadequate blood flow
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anticogulant
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slows coagulation and prevents new clots from forming
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aplastic anemia
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absence of all formed blood elements caused by failure of blood cell production in the bone marrow
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arrhythmia
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an abnormality - loss of normal rhythm of the heart beat
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atherectomy
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surgical removal of plague buildup from the interior of an artery
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atheroma
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a deposit of plague on or within the arterial wall
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atherosclerosis
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hardening of the arteries - thickening & the loss of elsaticity of arteral wall
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atrial fibrillation
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A fib - occurs when the normal rhythmic contractions of the artria are replaced by rapid, regular twitching of the heart wall
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atrial fibrillation
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A FIB - occurs when the normal rhythmic contractions of the atria are replaced by rapid, irregular twitching of the heart wall
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automated external defibrillator
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AED - used to shock the heart into normal rhythm
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beta blocker
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slows the rate of the heart beat
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blood dyscrasia
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pathologic condition of the cellular elements of the blood
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bradycardia
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an abnormal slow resting heart rate
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cardiac arrest
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the heart abruptly stops or develops a very abnormal arrhythmia
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cardiac catherization
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a catheter is passed into a vein or artery and guided into the heart
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carotid endartectomy
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surgical removal of the lining of a portion of a clogged carotid artery leading ot he brain
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cholesterol
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fatty substance that travels through the blood is found in all parts of the body
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chronic venous insufficiency
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venous circulation is inadequate of venous values due to partial vein blockage or leakage
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