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70 Cards in this Set
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CABG
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Coronary Artery Bipass Graft
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ECG or EKG
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Electrocardiogram (Electro-Cardio-Gram)
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Stent
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small mesh tube that's used to treat narrow or weak arteries via coronary angioplasty
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Angi/o
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vessel
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Aort/o
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aorta
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Arter/o, Arteri/o
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artery
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Ather/o
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yellowish plaque, fatty substance
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Atri/o
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atrium, upper heart chamber
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Brachi/o
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arm
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Cardi/o
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heart
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Cholesterol/o
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cholesterol
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Coron/o
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heart
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Cyan/o
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blue
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Man/o
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pressure
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My/o
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muscle
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Myx/o
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mucus
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Ox/o
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oxygen
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Pericardi/o
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pericardium
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Phleb/o
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vein
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Rhythm/o
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rhythm
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Sphygm/o
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pulse
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Steth/o
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chest
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Thromb/o
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clot
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Valvul/o, valv/o
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valve
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Vas/o, Vascul/o
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vessel
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Ven/o
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vein
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Ventricul/o
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ventricle, lower heart chamber
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-al / -ary
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pertaining to
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Diastole
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is the period during which the ventricles or artrials of the heart are filling and relaxing
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-centesis
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surgical puncture to remove fluid
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-dilation
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widening
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-ectomy
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surgical removal
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-emia
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blood condition
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-gram
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the record
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-graph
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instrument for recording
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-graphy
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process for recording
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-itis
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inflammation
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-lysis
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breakdown, separation, destruction, loosening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-meter
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instrument to measure
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-metry
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process of measuring
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-oma
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tumor, mass, swelling
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy
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disease
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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surgical repair
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-scope
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instrument for visual examination
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-scopy
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visual examination
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-stenosis
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narrowing, tightening, stricture
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-tomy, -otomy
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process of cutting
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Brady-
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slow
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Tachy-
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fast
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Hyper-
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excessive
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Hypo-
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low
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Endo-
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within
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Epi-
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above, on, over
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Ecto-
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outside of
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Peri-
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around
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Angina pectoris
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chest pain resulting from a temporary difference between the supply and demand of oxygen to the heart muscle
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Auscultation
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listening with a stethoscope
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Beta-blockers
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drugs that block adrenaline so the heart beats slower and with less force; they reduce blood pressure, control arrhythmias, and treat angina
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Systole
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the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries
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Emboli (embolus)
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a substance that travel and suddenly block a blood vessel
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Infarction
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area of dead tissue
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Nitroglycerin
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drug used to treat angina pectoris
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Occlusion
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blockage of a blood vessel
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Palpitations
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uncomfortable sensations in the chest related to heart arrhythmias
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Patent
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open
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Petechiae
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small, pinpoint bleeding
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