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| listening to sounds within the body using a stethescope |
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| branch of medicine for diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease; physician is a cardiologist |
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| local and temporary deficiency of blood supply due to a circulatory obstruction |
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| abnormal heart sound such as soft blowing sound or a harsh click; also called a bruit |
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| sudden drop in blood pressure when standing up suddenly |
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| pounding, racing heartbeats |
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| yellow, fatty deposit of lipids in an artery; hallmark of atherosclerosis |
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| to flow backwards; in CV system, refers to backflow of blood through a valve |
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| blood pressure cuff; measures blood pressure |
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| stainless steel tube placed within blood vessel to widen the lumen |
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| instrument for listening to body sounds |
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| severe pain and sensation of constriction around the heart; caused by myocardial ischemia |
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| irregularity in heartbeat; some are mild and others are life threatening |
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| complete stopping of heart activity |
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| myocardial disease; may be cause by viral infection, CHF, or alcoholism; common reason for heart transplants |
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| congestive heart failure (CHF) |
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| left ventricle muscle is too weak to effectively pump blood results in weakness, breathlessness, and edema |
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| coronary artery disease (CAD) |
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| poor blood supply to heart muscle due to obstruction of coronary arteries; may cause agina pectoris and heart attck |
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| inflammation of lining membranes of the heart; if cause is bacterial, may have a bacterial colony form, called vegetation |
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| inflammation of heart muscle layer |
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| weakness and ballooning of arterial wall; commonly seen in abdominal and cerebral arteries |
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| most common form of arteriosclerosis; lipid plaques form in arterial wall |
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| obstruction of blood vessel by a clot that has broken off from a thrombus in another site |
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| high blood pressure; essential or primary HTN is due to CV disease; secondary HTN results from another associated disease |
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| decrease in blood pressure; may be due to shock or anemia |
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| blood test determines levels of these specific to heart muscle blood; increase may indicate heart muscle damage such as MI |
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| blood test measures amount of cholesteral and triglycerides in blood; indicator of atherosclerosis risk |
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| using ultrasound to produce an image of blood flowing through blood vessels in order to determine velocity; indicates blood clots or deep vein thromboses |
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| use of ultrasound to visualize internal cardiac structures; especially valves |
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| process in which a catheter is threaded through a blood vessel to the heart; detects abnormalities, collects cardiac blood samples, and determines blood pressure |
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| process of recording electrical activity of the heart; helps to diagnose arythmias and myocardial damage |
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| portable ECG monitor worn by patient up to a few days to assess heart activity as person goes through daily activities |
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| evaluates cardiovascular fitness; patient exercises on a treadmill or bicycle with a steadily increasing work load; EKG and oxygen levels are monitored throughout the test |
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| procedure to restore cardiac output and oxygenate air for person in cardiac arrest; uses chest compressions and artificial respiration |
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| procedure that converts irregular heartbeats, such as fibrillation, using an electric shock |
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| implantable cardioverter-defibrillator |
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| device implanted into the heart to deliver an electric shock to restore normal heart rhythm; especially helpful for ventricular fibrillation |
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| device implanted into the heart to substitute for the natural pacemaker; especially helpful for bradycardia |
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| coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) |
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| blood vessel from another location (often a leg vein) is grafted to route blood around the blocked coronary artery |
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