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15 Cards in this Set
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Serum
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clear fluid moistening serous membranes
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Ischaemia
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Condition of lack of blood supply to a part of the body
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Infarct
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Wedge shaped area of necrosis lying within living tissue caused by loss of blood supply
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Infarction
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Act of having a wedge shaped area of necrosis
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Atria / Ventricle
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Top chamber / Bottom chamber of heart
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Fibrillation
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Quivering/vibrating movement of the heart muscle
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Defibrillator
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Instrument used to shock heart muscle back to rhythm
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sphygmomanometer
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instrument used to measure arterial blood pressure
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CCF
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Congestive Cardiac Failure
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CCU
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Coronary Care Unit
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CHF
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Congestive Heart Failure
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Aneurysm
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diffuse swelling in an artery, usually on or near a branch, caused by localised damage to vessel wall
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cyanosis
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blueness of extremities caused by insufficient oxygen supply
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Palpitations
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abnormal awareness of the heart's action because of rapidity or irregularity
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varicose veins
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enlarged, twisted and distorted veins in the legs, gullet, scrotum or anus
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