Med Term Cardiovascular Sys

Front 1

angina pectoris

Back 1

condition of severe pain with a sensation of constriction around the heart usually caused to defeciency of O2 to the heart muscle

Front 2

arrithmia

Back 2

irregularity in the heartbeat or action from minor to life threatening

Front 3

cardiac arrest

Back 3

complete stopping of the heart

Front 4

cardiomyopathy

Back 4

disease of the myocardium major cause for heart transplant

Front 5

conjestive heart failure

Back 5

pathological condition of the heart which there is a decreased outflow of blood from the left side ventricle has become too weak to effeciently pump blood.

Front 6

coronary artery disease

Back 6

insufficient blood supply to the heart due to an odstruction to one or more of the coronary arteries

Front 7

endocarditis

Back 7

inflammation of the linings of the membrane of the heart

Front 8

myocarditis

Back 8

inflammation of the heart muscle

Front 9

pericarditis

Back 9

inflammation of the pericardial sac around the heart

Front 10

flutter

Back 10

an arrhythmia in which the atria beat too rapidly but in a regular pattern

Front 11

heart valve prolaspe

Back 11

when the cusps or valves more commonly the mitral valve become loose and fail to open fully restricting blood flow inward or to close toghtly allowing the blood to flow baclwards

Front 12

heart valve stenosis

Back 12

the cusp or calves become stiff not allowing the blood flow in or out corectly

Front 13

myocardial infarction

Back 13

caused by a complete or partial closingor occlusion of the coronary arteries

Front 14

aneurysm

Back 14

weakness in the wall of the artery resulting in the widening of the artery most common in the abd aor on the inner wall of the arteriesta ond the cerebral arteries

Front 15

arteriosclerosis

Back 15

thickening, hardening and loss of elasticity of the wall of arteries

Front 16

artheriasclerosis

Back 16

the most common arteriosclerosis, caused by a yellowish placque of cholesterol

Front 17

embolus

Back 17

the obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot that has broken off of a thrombus somewhere else in the body

Front 18

hemorroid

Back 18

varicose veins in the anal region

Front 19

hypertension

Back 19

high blood pressure

Front 20

hypotension

Back 20

low blood pressure

Front 21

thrombophlebitis

Back 21

inflammation in the vein resulting from blood clots within the vein

Front 22

thrombus

Back 22

a blood clot forming in the blood vessel and may occlude the vessel

Front 23

varicose veins

Back 23

swollen and distended veins usually in the legs