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12 Cards in this Set
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Antianginal |
Drug that prevent or relieves the symptoms of angina pectoris |
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Cardiotonic |
Drug that increases the strength of the heart contraction |
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Vasodilator |
Drug that causes the relaxation or expansion of blood vessel |
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Vasoconstrictor(constrict -narrowing ) |
Drug that constricts or narrow the diameter of blood vessel |
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Vasopressor |
Drug that constricts or narrow the diameter of a blood vessels |
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Cardiopulmonary bypass |
Procedure that temporarily circulated and oxygenates a patients blood during the portion of heart surgery where the heart is stopped |
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
Basic life support |
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Cardiotharacic surgery |
Surgery that involves cutting through the patient's chest to get to the heart |
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Cardioversion(vers-turn) |
Returning a heart to normal rhythm |
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Coronary artery bypass graft |
Borrowed piece of blood vessels used to bypass a blocked artery in the heart |
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alternate treatment for a coronary artery that passes instruments up a patients blood vessels into the heart |
Percutaneous coronary intervention |
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Pericardiocentesis |
Puncture of the tissue around the heart |
