Ekg Flash Cards

Front 1

This is without oxygen

Back 1

Anoxia

Front 2

This is the amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute

Back 2

Cardiac output

Front 3

This is expansion and contraction of an artery felt by placing fingers on the artery

Back 3

pulse

Front 4

This is abnormally high blood pressure

Back 4

Hypertension

Front 5

This is pain in the chest

Back 5

angina pectoris

Front 6

This is one complete heart beat

Back 6

Cardiac cycle

Front 7

This is pertaining to the heart , blood vessels, and circulation of blood

Back 7

Circulatory

Front 8

This is stoppage of blood flow

Back 8

stasis

Front 9

This is formation or presence of blood clot inside a blood vessels or cavity of the heart

Back 9

Thrombosis

Front 10

This is any sign or indication of the patients condition

Back 10

symptoms

Front 11

This is abnormal rhythm of heart beat

Back 11

arrhythmia

Front 12

This is sometimes called a stroke

Back 12

cerebrovascular accident

Front 13

This is competence

Back 13

insufficiency

Front 14

This is abnormally slow heartbeat

Back 14

bradycardia

Front 15

This is area of tissue damaged as a result

Back 15

infarct

Front 16

This is blueness of skin caused b y insufficient oxygen in blood

Back 16

cynosis

Front 17

Fluttering of the heart ; abnormal rate or rhythm of beat

Back 17

palpitation

Front 18

Abnormally rapid heart rate: generally anything over 100 beats per minute

Back 18

tachycardia

Front 19

This is a period of rapid heart beats that begin and ends suddenly

Back 19

paroxysmal tachycardia

Front 20

The AVL is recording from what lead ?

Back 20

augumented leads

Front 21

What is angle of louis ?

Back 21

located on the sternum

Front 22

This is the hearts primary pacemaker

Back 22

The SA node

Front 23

An irregular heart beat but is most commonly called

Back 23

sinus arrhythmia

Front 24

theses electrons are only used for the legs

Back 24

ground leads

Front 25

clotting reduce oxygen supply to the heart it is known as

Back 25

ischemia

Front 26

What is the normal human heart rhythm

Back 26

60-100

Front 27

when the ventricles repolarize what is shown on the EKG tracing

Back 27

T wave

Front 28

What does MI stand for

Back 28

Myocardio infarction

Front 29

what arrhythmia is associated with sawtooth

Back 29

atrial flutter

Front 30

what does the QRS represent

Back 30

ventricles repolarize

Front 31

define bradycardia

Back 31

slow heart beat under 60bpm

Front 32

define tachycardia

Back 32

over 100 but under 150

Front 33

what during sinus arrest

Back 33

drop beat

Front 34

what is asystole

Back 34

a flat line= no heart beat

Front 35

name the junctional rhythm that has the heart beat below 50 bpm

Back 35

junctional bradycardia

Front 36

Parkinson disease makes a person

Back 36

Shake

Front 37

explain wondering baseline

Back 37

artifact/ negative deflection

Front 38

what is apnea

Back 38

when a person stops breathing during their sleep

Front 39

Atrial depolarization is represented by which wave

Back 39

P wave

Front 40

what leads do holter monitor use

Back 40

augumented leads

Front 41

what chamber of the heart has the thickest myocardium

Back 41

left ventricle

Front 42

what does the p wave represent

Back 42

depolarization of atrium

Front 43

what does the PRI represent

Back 43

atrium repolarization

Front 44

what are the 3 types of heart blocks ?

Back 44

First degree second degree and third degree

Front 45

how is a stress test performed

Back 45

exercising and running

Front 46

what is ekg

Back 46

elect