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42 Cards in this Set
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angina |
chest pain from lack of oxygen delivery to the heart muscle (myocardium) |
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hypertension |
elevated blood pressure (systolic or diastolic) |
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AMI |
heart attack; damaged heart muscle. disruption of blood flow to the heart muscle. |
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congestive heart failure (CHF) |
failing pump; occurs when the heart is unable to pump necessary amount of blood |
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arrhythmia |
abnormal heart rhythm |
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hypercholesterolemia |
high blood levels of cholesterol |
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cardiac enzymes |
enzymes (troponin) which are released into bloodstream after AMI (heart attack) |
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phlebography |
viewing a vein by x-ray after injection of contrast (dye) recording of a vein |
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aneurysm |
dilation of the wall of an artery |
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asystole |
cardiac arrest; sudden stopping of the heart |
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atheroma |
fatty deposit in the wall of an artery (plaque) |
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atrial fibrillation |
irregular, erratic, sometimes rapid arrhythmia due to an abnormal area of tissue in the atria |
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cardiomyopathy |
disease of the heart muscle |
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claudication |
weakness and pain in legs during walking/activity due to decreased blood supply (relieved with rest) |
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constriction |
narrowing/compression of a vessel lumen |
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embolus |
mass of foreign material (clot) blocking a blood vessel -different from thrombus because it moves from one vessel to another to form a blockage |
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fibrillation |
random, chaotic heart rhythm |
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flutter |
rapid, regular heart rate |
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ischemia |
localized blood insufficiency caused by an obstruction |
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infarct |
area of necrosis caused by lack of oxygen delivery due to obstruction of blood flow |
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necrosis |
death of tissue/organ/part of organ due to irreversible damage (usually due to ischemia) |
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tachycardia |
heart rate greater than 100/bmp |
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thrombosis |
clot in a vessel |
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anastomosis |
connection of two blood vessels to allow blood flow between ex: in CABG |
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angioplasty |
opening a blocked vessel by balloon dilation surgical repair of blood vessel |
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endarterectomy |
surgical removal of diseased portion of lining of artery |
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phlebotomy |
drawing blood from a vein |
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valvotomy |
incision into a cardiac valve to correct an obstruction |
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auscultation |
listening to heart sounds (bruit, murmur, or gallop) |
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Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) |
-surgical procedure with a balloon into a blocked blood vessel to increase blood flow |
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LDL causes... |
cholesterol to form blockages in the arteries |
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HDL causes... |
actual removal lipids from the arteries and protection from the formation of blockages |
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endocarditis |
inflammation of the inside of the heart |
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myocarditis |
inflammation of the muscle of the heart |
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pericarditis |
inflammation of the heart sac |
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thrombectomy |
surgical removal of thrombi |
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embolectomy |
surgical removal of emboli |
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valvuloplasty |
plastic surgery on a heart valve |
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coronary bypass surgery (CABG) |
take a vein from another part of the body (~saphenous vein) for a graft to bypass an arterial blockage |
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foramen ovale |
-hole in septum of left and right atria -to bypass nonfunctional fetal lungs |
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ductus arteriosus |
-connects pulmonary arter and aorta -to bypass nonfunctional fetal lungs |
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ductus venosus |
-connects umbilical vein to vena cava -to bypass fetal liver |
