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28 Cards in this Set
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Aneurysm |
Weakness in the arterial wall resulting in balloning of the artery and possible rupture |
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Apex |
Lower left tip of the left ventricle of the heart; also, the rounded upper portion of each portion of each lung |
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Arrhythmia |
Abnormal heartbeat (also dysrhythmia) |
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Arteriosclerosis |
Disease of the arteries characterized by loss of elasticity & hardening of the arterial wall |
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Arterosclerosis |
Disease charaterized by the buildup of cholesterol deposits in the arterial lining |
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Bradycardia |
Slow heart rate (usually a heart rate under 60 bpm in an adult) |
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Cardic cycle |
Pumping action of the heart from one beat to the next |
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Cardoaplegia |
Intentional stopping of the heart during cardiac surgery. (Acheived with cardioplegic solution) |
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Coarctation |
Congenital narrowing or stricture in the desending thoracic aorta |
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Congenital |
Condition present at birth |
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Cross clamp |
Place a clamp across a structure to occlude it |
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Diastole |
That phase of the cardiac cycle when the ventricles contract |
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Endovascular repair |
Endoscopic surgery of the vascular system |
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Fibrillation |
Uncoordinated muscular activity in the heart muscle, which results in a "quivering" rather than pumping action |
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Fusiform aneurysm |
Type of aneurysm that involves the entire circumference of the blood vessel |
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Heart lung machine |
Medical device used during cardiac bypass |
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Infarction |
Necrosis & death of tissue related to obstruction of blood flow |
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Ischemia |
Reduced blood supply to the tissue (may result from obsruction within blood vessel or external pressure) |
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Off-pump procedure |
Procedure performed without a cardiopulmonary bypass (i.e. pump) |
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Pacemaker |
Device the stimulates the heart muscle to contract |
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Preclotting |
Process of soaking a graft or patch of synthetic graft material in the patient's blood or plasma before insertion |
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Saccular aneurysm |
Type of aneurysm in which a saclike formation with a narrow neck projects from the side of the artery |
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Shunt |
To bypass a structure or carry fluid from one anatomical lacation to another |
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Stenosis |
Narrowing of a hollow struture such as a blood vessel or duct |
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Sternotomy |
An incision made into the sternum |
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Systole |
Phase of cardiac cycle in which the ventricles contract |
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Tachycardia |
Fast heart rate (usually over 120 bpm in an adult) |
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Thoracotomy |
An incision made into the thoracic cavity |
