Heart Disease Complications

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Afterload

Back 1

the amount of resistance to ejection of blood from a ventricle

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Anuria

Back 2

urine output of less than 50 mL/24 hrs

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CO

Back 3

* cardiac output

* the amount of blood pumped out of the heart in 1 minute

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CRT

Back 4

* cardiac resynchronization therapy

* a treatment for heart failure in which a device paces both ventricles to synchronize contractions

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Compliance

Back 5

the elasticity or amount of "give" when blood enters the ventricle

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CHF

Back 6

* congestive heart failure

* a fluid overload condition in (congestion) associated with heart failure

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Contractility

Back 7

* the force of ventricular contraction

* related to the number and state of myocardial cells

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Diastolic Heart Failure

Back 8

the inability of the heart to pump sufficiently because of an alternation in the ability the heart to fill

* current term used to describe a type of heart failure

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DOE

Back 9

* dyspnea on exertion

* shortness of breath that occurs with exertion

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EF

Back 10

* ejection fraction

* percentage of blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole that is ejected during systole

* a measurement of contractility

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HF

Back 11

* heart failure

* the inability of the heart to pump sufficient blood to meet the needs of the tissues for oxygen and nutrients

* s/s of pulmonary and systemic congestion may or may not be present

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ICD

Back 12

* implantable cardioverter defibrillator

* a device implanted in patients with ventricular dysrhythmias that detects and treats tysrhythmias

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left-sided heart failure

Back 13

* also called "left ventricular failure"

* inability of the left ventricle to fill or pump (empty) sufficient blood to meet the needs of the tissues for oxygen and nutrients

* traditional term used to describe patient's symptoms of heart failure

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oliguria

Back 14

* diminished urine output

* less than 400 mL/24 hrs

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orthopnea

Back 15

shortness of breath when lying flat

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Afterload

Back 16

the amount of resistance to ejection of blood from a ventricle

Front 17

Anuria

Back 17

urine output of less than 50 mL/24 hrs

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CO

Back 18

* cardiac output

* the amount of blood pumped out of the heart in 1 minute

Front 19

CRT

Back 19

* cardiac resynchronization therapy

* a treatment for heart failure in which a device paces both ventricles to synchronize contractions

Front 20

Compliance

Back 20

the elasticity or amount of "give" when blood enters the ventricle

Front 21

CHF

Back 21

* congestive heart failure

* a fluid overload condition in (congestion) associated with heart failure

Front 22

Contractility

Back 22

* the force of ventricular contraction

* related to the number and state of myocardial cells

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Diastolic Heart Failure

Back 23

the inability of the heart to pump sufficiently because of an alternation in the ability the heart to fill

* current term used to describe a type of heart failure

Front 24

DOE

Back 24

* dyspnea on exertion

* shortness of breath that occurs with exertion

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EF

Back 25

* ejection fraction

* percentage of blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole that is ejected during systole

* a measurement of contractility

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HF

Back 26

* heart failure

* the inability of the heart to pump sufficient blood to meet the needs of the tissues for oxygen and nutrients

* s/s of pulmonary and systemic congestion may or may not be present

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ICD

Back 27

* implantable cardioverter defibrillator

* a device implanted in patients with ventricular dysrhythmias that detects and treats tysrhythmias

Front 28

left-sided heart failure

Back 28

* also called "left ventricular failure"

* inability of the left ventricle to fill or pump (empty) sufficient blood to meet the needs of the tissues for oxygen and nutrients

* traditional term used to describe patient's symptoms of heart failure

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oliguria

Back 29

* diminished urine output

* less than 400 mL/24 hrs

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orthopnea

Back 30

shortness of breath when lying flat

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PND

Back 31

* paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea

* shortness of breath that occurs suddenly during sleep

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Pericardiocentesis

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procedure involving aspiration of fluid from the pericardial sac

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Pericardiotomy

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surgically created opening of the pericardium

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Preload

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the amount of myocardial stretch just before systole caused by the volume of blood presented to the ventricle

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Pulmonary Edema

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abnormal accumulation of fluid int he interstitial spaces or in the alveoli of the lungs

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PEA

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* pulseless electrical activity

* condition in which electrical activity is present but there is not an adequate pulse or blood pressure because of ineffective cardiac contraction or circulation

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Pulsus Paradoxus

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* systolic blood pressure of more than 10 mm Hg higher during exhalation than during inspiration

* difference is normally less than 10 mm HG

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Right-sided Heart Failure

Back 38

* also called "right ventricular failure"

* inability of the right ventricle to fill or pump (empty) sufficient blood to the pulmonary circulation

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SV

Back 39

* stroke volume

* amount of blood pumped out of the ventricle with each contraction

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Systolic Heart Failure

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* inability of the heart to pump sufficiently because of an alteration in the ability of the heart to contract

* current term used to describe a type of heart failure