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9 Cards in this Set
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Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC)
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Ventricular contraction preceding the normal impulse initiated by the SA Node.
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Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
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Failure of the left ventricle to pump adequate amount of blood to meet the demands of the body.
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Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
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Condition affecting the arteries of the heart that reduces the flow of blood and delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the myocardium - most often caused by atherosclerosis
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Myocardial Infarction (MI)
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Heart attack. Death of myocardial tissue owing to loss of blood flow as a result of an occlusion of a coronary artery
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Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
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Formation of a clot in a deep vein of the body.
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Electrocardiogram (ECG)
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Electrical picture of the heart represented by positive and negative deflections on a graph labeled with letters P, QRS, and T corresponding to events of the cardiac cycle.
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Stroke Volume (SV)
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Measurement of the amount of blood ejected from a ventricle in one contraction.
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Cardiac Output (CO)
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Measurement of the amount of blood ejected from either ventricle of the heart per minute.
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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)
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Grafting of a portion of a blood vessel retrieved from another part of the body to bypass an occluded coronary artery.
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