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38 Cards in this Set
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ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE
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COMMON MEASURE OF BLOOD PRESSURE. MEASUREMENT OF THE AIR PRESSURE REQUIRED TO OBLITERATE THE PULSE WAVE, AND PERMIT THE RE-ENTRY OF THE PULSE WAVE
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CARDIAC INDEX
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THE VOLUME OF BLOOD PUMPED BY THE HEART IN A UNIT OF TIME DIVIDED BY THE BODY SURFACE AREA, USUALLY EXPRESSED IN LITERS PER MINUTE PER SQUARE METER.
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MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE
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AVERAGE PRESSURE IN ARTERY FOR ONE HEARTBEAT
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POINT OF MAXIMAL IMPULSE
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THE POINT ON THE CHEST WHERE THE IMPULSE OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE IS FELT MOST STRONGLY, NORMALLY IN THE FIFTH CASTAL INTERSPACE INSIDE THE MAMMILLARY LINE (PMI)
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SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE
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AN INDEX OF ARTERIOLAR CONSTRICTION THROUGHOUT THE BODY, CALCULATED BY DIVIDING THE BLOOD PRESSURE BY THE CARDIAC OUTPUT
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SECONDARY HYPERTENSION
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HYPERTENSION THAT IS SECONDARY TO ANOTHER DISEASE
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ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
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A SUDDEN, SEVERE CORONARY EVENT THAT MIMICS A HEART ATTACK, SUCH AS UNSTABLE ANGINA
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ANGINA
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A SEVERE CONSTRICTING PAIN, ESPECIALLY ANGINA PECTORIS
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COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
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CIRCULATION MAINTAINED IN SMALL ANASTOMOSING VESSELS WHEN THE MAIN ARTERY IS OBSTRUCTED
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METABOLIC EQUIVALENT (MET)
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THE ENERGY EXPENDED WHILE RESTING, USUALLY CALCULATED AS THE ENERGY USED TO BURN 3 TO 4 MILLILITERS OF OXYGEN PER KILOGRAM OF BODY WEIGHT PER MINUTE.
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PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION (PCI)
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THE MANAGEMENT OF CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION BY ANY OF VARIOUS CATHETER-BASED TECHNIQUES
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SILENT ISCHEMIA
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CARDIAC ISCHEMIA WITHOUT PAIN OR OTHER SYMPTOMS
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STENT
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A SLENDER RODLIKE OR THREADLIKE DEVICE USED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR TUBULAR STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEING ANASTOMOSED, OR TO INDUCE OR MAINTAIN THEIR PATENCY.
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UNSTABLE ANGINA
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ANGINA PECTORIS CHARACTERIZED BY PAIN OF CORONARY ORIGIN THAT OCCURS IN RESPONSE TO LESS EXERCISE OR OTHER STIMULI THAN USUALLY REQUIRED TO PRODUCE PAIN
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PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL DYSPNEA
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DYSPNEA CAUSED BY THE LUNG CONGESTION AND EDEMA THAT RESULTS FROM PARTIAL HEART FAILURE AND OCCURRING SUDDENLY AT NIGHT, USUALLY AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER INDIVIDUAL HAS FALLEN ASLEEP
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PULMONARY EDEMA
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EDEMA OF THE LUNGS USUALLY DUE TO MITRAL STENOSIS OR LEFT VENTRICULAR FAILURE
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SYSTOLE
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THE ABSENCE OF CONTRACTIONS OF THE HEART
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CARDIAC PACEMAKER
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A GROUP OF CELLS RHYTHMICALLY INITIATING THE HEARTBEAT, BHARACTERIZED PHYSIOLOGICALLY BY A SLOW LOSS OF MEMBRANE POTENTIAL DURING DIASTOLE; USUALLY IT IS THE SINOATRIAL NODE
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HEART BLOCCK
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IMPAIRMENT OF CONDUCTION OF AN IMPULSE IN HEART EXCITATION; IT IS SUBCLASSIFIED AS FIRST DEGREE WHEN CONDUCTION TIME IS PROLONGED, SECOND DEGREEWHEN SOME ATRIALIMPULSES ARE VOT CONDUCTED, AND THIRD DEGREE WHEN NO ATRIAL IMPULSES ARE CONDUCTED AKA ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK
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PREMETURE ATRIAL CONTRACTION
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AN ECTOPIC HEARTBEAT THAT ORIGINATES IN THE ATRIA AND PRECEDES A TYPICAL ATRIAL CONTRACTION
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PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION (PVC)
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AN EXTRA SYSTOLE INVOLVING THE VENTRICLES OF THE HEART, SOMETIMES PRODUCING ACCOMPANYING PALPITATIONS
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VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
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AN ABNORMALLY RAPID VENTRICULAR RHYTHM WITH ABERRANT VENTRICULAR EXITATION, USUALLY ABOVE 150 BEATS PER MINUTES, GENERATED WITHIN THE VENTRICLE, AND MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH ATRIOVENTRICULAR DISSOCIATION
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AORTIC STENOSIS
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PATHOLOGICAL NARROWING OF THE ORIFICE OF THE AORTIC VALVE
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ASCHOFF BODY
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A GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION CHARACTERISTIC OF ACUTE RHEUMATIC CARDITIS, CONSISTING OF FIBRINOID CHANGES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND LYMPHOCYTES
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HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (HCM)
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A FORM MARKED BY VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY, PARTICULARLY OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE, WITH IMPAIRED VENTRICULAR FILLING DUE TO DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
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JANEWAY LESION
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A SMALL ERYTHEMATOUS OR HEMORRHAGIC LESION SEEN IN SOME CASES OF BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS, USUALLY ON THE PALM OR THE SOLE.
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PERICARDITIS
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THE SWELLING AND IRRITATION OF THE PERICARDIUM, THE THIN SAC-LIKE MEMBRANE THAT SURROUNDS YOUE HEART. THIS CONDITION OFTEN CAUSES CHEST PAIN.
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MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE (MVP)
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A CONDITION IN WHICH THER IS EXCESSIVE RETROGRADE MOVEMENT OF THE MITRAL VALVE INTO THE
THE LEFT ATRIUM DURING LEFT VENTRICULAR SYSTOLE, OFTEN ALLOWING MITRAL REGURGITATION |
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MYOCARDITIS
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INFLAMMATION OF THE MUSCULAR WALLS OF THE HEART.
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OSLER'S NODES
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SMALL,RAISED,SWOLLEN,TENDER AREAS, BLUISH OR SOMETIMES PINK OR RED,OCCURRING COMMONLY IN THE PADS OF THE FINGERSOR TOES, IN THE THENAR OR HYPOTHENAR EMINENCES, OR THE SOLES OF THE FEET; THEY ARE PRACTICALLY PATHOGNOMONIC OF SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
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PERICARDIAL EFFUSIONS
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THE SECOND STAGE OF PERICARDITIS WHEN MUCH INFLAMMATORY EXUDATE ACCUMULATES, PART OF A GENERAL EDEMATOUS STATE OR IN CASES OF NEOPLASIAINVOLVING THE EPICARDIUM OR PERICARDIUM
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PERICARDIAL RUB
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A SCRAPING OR GRATING FRICTION RUB HEARD WITH THE HEART BEAT, USUALLY A TO-AND-FRO SOUND, ASSOCIATED WITH PERICARDITIS OR OTHER PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THE PERICARDIUM
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REGURGITATION
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THE BACKFLOW OF BLOOD THROUGH A DEFECTIVE HEART VALVE
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RHEMATIC FEVER
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AN ACUTE INFLAMMATORY DISEASE OCCURRING DURING RECOVERY FROM INFECTION WITJ GROUP A STREPTOCOCCI,HAVING AN ONSET MARKED BY FEVER AND JOINT PAIN. FREQUENTLY FOLLOWED BY SCARRING OF THE HEART VALVES
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AORTIC DISSECTION
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A DISSECTING ANEURYSM OF THR AORTA
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DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS (DVT)
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A CONDITION IN WHICH ONE OR MORE THROMBI FORM IN A DEEP VEIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE LEG OR PELVIS, RESULTING IN AN INCREASED RISK OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM.
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RAYNAUD'S PHENOMENOM
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SENSITIVITY OF THE HANDS TO COLD DUE TO SPASMS OF THE DIGITAL ARTERIES, RESULTING IN BLANCHING AND NUMBNESS OF THE FINGERS
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VIRCHOW'S TRIAD
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THREE FACTORS LEADING TO THROMBOSIS: STASIS, HYPERCOAGULABILITY AND INTIMAL CHANGE
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