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57 Cards in this Set

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profuse sweating
diaphoresis
space inside of a blood vessel
lumen
feeling of weakness, tired, sickly
malaise
open and unblocked artery
patent
preventative measure to prevent sickness
prophylaxis
thickness of a fluid
viscosity
smallest of arteries
arterioles
weakening of an artery (formation of a bubble)
aneurysm
reconstruction of an artery
angioplasty
record of the view of an artery
angiogram
inflammation of a vessel
vasculitis
fatty plaque buildup in arterial walls
atheroma
stationary blood clot
thrombus
blood clot that has begun to move
embolus
pertaining to the heart
myo-
thickening, hardening
sclero-
narrowed
stenotic
incisions made in tissue around the heart
pericardiotomy
sound heard from vibration associated w/ movement of blood through vessel
bruit
diseased heart muscle
cardiomyopathy
quivering, abnormal cardiac contractions or partial contractions
fibrillation
high blood pressure
hypertension
area of necrosis from no blood flow
infarct
sensation that the heart is beating fast, hard, and "out of the chest"
palpitation
circulation of blood through vessels
perfusion
removal of fatty plaque
atherectomy
to take off the outer layer vessel or heart
commissurotomy
ultrasound of the heart
echocardiography
prefix for "vein"
phleb/o
prefix for "pulse"
sphygm/o
suffix for "pulse"
-sphyxia
life-threatening hypersensitivity (allergic response)
anaphylaxis
protective protein in response to a "threat"
antibody
recognized as harmful by the immune system
antigen
infections seen in patients with weakened immune systems
opportunistic infection
providing relief, but not a cure
palliative treatment
iron-containing compound that gives red blood cells their red color, carries oxygen to body tissues and exchanges it for carbon dioxide
hemoglobin
blood product with clotting factors removed
serum
prefix for "gland"
adeno-
clumping, gluing
agglutin/o
embryonic cell
blast/o
white blood cell
leukocyte
red blood cell
erythrocyte
blood condition
-emia
decrease, deficiency
-penia
liquid component of the blood
plasma
ECG taken under controlled exercise stress conditions
stress test
destruction of conductive tissue of the heart to interrupt abnormal contractions
catheter ablation
surgery that creates a bypass around a blocked segment of a coronary artery
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)
dilation of an ocluded vessel using a balloon catheter
Percutaneous Transthoracic Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)
destruction of a blood clot
thrombolysis
chest pain
angina
local and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to circulatory obstruction
ischemia
when the valves of the veins do not function properly and fail to prevent the backflow of blood
incompetent
passage of a catheter into the heart through a vein or artery to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the heart
cardiac catheterization
procedure to restore normal rhythm of the heart by applying a controlled electrical shock to the exterior of the chest
cardioversion
technique used to block blood flow to a site by passing a catheter to the area and injecting a synthetic material or medication specially designed to occlude the blood vessel
embolization