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Upper chamber
Where deoxygenated blood from the body enters the heart via the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava |
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Upper chamber
Where oxygenated blood returns via pulmonary veins |
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| Opening; Joining of two blood vessels to allow flow from one to another |
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| A widening; A bulging of the wall of the heart, aorta, or artery caused by a congenital defect or acquired weakness |
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| vascular endoscopy; use of a flexible fiberoptic angioscope (accompanied by an irrigation system, camera, video recorder, and monitor) that is guided through a specific blood vessel to visually assess a lesion and to select the mode of therapy |
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| Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) |
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| a method for treating the narrowing of a coronary artery by inserting a specialized catheter with a balloon attachment, then inflating the balloon to dilate and open the narrowed portion of the vessel and restore blood flow to the myocardium; most often includes the placement of a stent |
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| drug that dilated coronary arteries, restoring oxygen to the tissues to relieve the pain of angina pectoris |
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| heart valve between the left ventricle and the aorta |
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| dysrhythmia; any several kinds of irregularity or loss of rhythm of the heartbeat |
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vessels that carry blood from the heart to the arterioles
ARTERIES AWAY FROM HEART |
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| small vessels that receive blood from the arteries |
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| thickening, loss of elasticity, and calcification (hardening) of arterial walls |
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| a swollen area within the lining of an artery caused by the buildup of fat (lipids) |
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| a form of arteriosclerosis characterized by the buildup of fatty substances that harden within the walls of arteries |
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| slow heart rate; less than 60 bpm |
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| tiny vessels that join arterioles and venules |
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| compression of the heart produced by the accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac, as results from pericarditis or trauma, causing rupture of a blood vessel within the heart |
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| a general term for disease of the heart muscle, such as alcoholic cardiomyopathy (damage to the heart muscle caused by excessive consumption of alcohol) |
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| drug that increases the force of myocardial contractions in the heart; commonly used to treat congestive heart failure (CHF) |
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| to limp; pain in the limb (especially the calf) while walking that subsides after rest; caused by inadequate blood supply (often associated with cardiovascular disease) |
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| narrowing of the descending portion of the aorta, resulting in a limited flow of blood to the lower part of the body |
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| Congenital anomaly of the heart |
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| malformations of the heart that are present at birth |
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| Congestive heart failure (CHF) |
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| failure of the left ventricle to pump and adequate amount of blood to meet the demands of the body, resulting in a “bottleneck” of congestion in the lungs that may extend to the veins, causing edema in lower portions of the body |
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| right ventricular failure; enlargement of the right ventricle, resulting from chronic disease within the lungs that causes congestion within the pulmonary circulation and resistance of blood flow to the lungs |
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| x-ray image of the blood vessels of the heart using a catheter to inject contrast |
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| Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) |
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| grafting a portion of blood vessels retrieved from another part of the body (ex: a length of saphenous vein from the leg or mammary artery from the chest wall) to bypass an occluded coronary artery, restoring circulation to myocardial tissue; the traditional method includes temporary arrest of the heart with circulation (bypass) of the pt’s blood thought a heart-lung machine during the procedure; an alternative, off-pump approach uses a stabilizer to perform the procedure on the beating heart |
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| Coronary artery disease (CAD) |
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| a condition affecting arteries of the heart that reduces the flow of blood and the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to the myocardium; most often caused by atherosclerosis |
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| circulation of blood through the coronary blood vessels to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle tissue |
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| from the body enters the heart through the superior vena cava and interior vena cava into the right atrium |
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| profuse sweating (perspiration) |
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| to expand; period during the cardiac cycle when blood enters the relaxed ventricles from the atria |
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| a split or tear of the vessel wall |
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| ultrasound technique used to evaluate blood flow to determine the presence of a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or carotid insufficiency, or to determine flow through the heart, chambers, valves, and so on |
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| recording of sound waves through the heart to evaluate structure and motion |
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| a clot (ex air, fat, or a foreign object) carried in the bloodstream that obstructs the flow of blood when it lodges |
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| membrane lining of the cavities of the heart |
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| membrane forming the outer layer of the heart |
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| Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) |
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| timed test that measures rates at which red blood cells settle through a volume of plasma |
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| primary HTN; high blood pressure attributed to no single cause; risks include smoking, obesity, increased salt intake, hypercholesterolemia, and hereditary factors |
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| an abnormal sound from the heart produced by defects in the chambers or valves |
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| portable electrocardiograph worn by the patient that monitors electrical activity of the heart over 24h; useful in detecting periodic abnormalities |
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| persistent high blood pressure |
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| to stuff; a localized area of necrosis (condition of tissue death) caused by ischemia resulting from occlusion of a blood vessel |
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| Where deoxygenated blood enters the heart from the body |
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| to hold back blood; decreased blood flow to tissue caused by constriction or occlusion of a blood vessel |
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| Bicuspid Valve; heart valve between the left atrium and the left ventricle |
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| disorder within the bone marrow characterized by a proliferation of abnormal stem cells (cells that give rise to different types of blood cells); usually develops into a specific type of leukemia |
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| Myocardial infarction (MI) |
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| heart attack; death of myocardial tissue (infarction) caused by ischemia (loss of blood flow) as a result of an occlusion (plugging) of a coronary artery; usually caused by atherosclerosis; symptoms include pain in the chest or upper body (shoulders, neck, and jaw), shortness of breath, diaphoresis, and nausea; Emergency situation and give aspirin STAT |
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| Normal sinus rhythm (NSR) |
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| regular rhythm of the heart cycle stimulated by the SA node (average rate of 60-100 bpm) |
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| plugging; an obstruction or a closing off |
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| Patent ductus arterosus (PDA) |
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| an abnormal opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta caused by failure of the fetal ductus arteriosus to close after birth |
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| lack of flow through a blood vessel caused by narrowing, occlusion |
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| protective sac enclosing the heart composed of two layers with fluid between |
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| surgical repair or reconstruction |
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| Essential hypertension; high blood pressure attributed to no single cause; risks include smoking, obesity, increased salt intake, hypercholesterolemia, and hereditary factors |
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| circulation of blood from the pulmonary artery through the vessels in the lungs and back to the heart via the pulmonary vein,providing for the exchanges of gases |
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| Pulmonary semilunar valve |
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| heart valve opening from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery |
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| returns oxygenated blood to the heart into the left atrium |
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| damage to heart muscle and heart valves by rheumatic fever (a streptococcal infection) |
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| “the pacemaker”; highly specialized, neurological tissue impeded in the wall of the right atrium; responsible for initiating electrical condition of the heartbeat, causing the atria to contract and firing conduction of impulses to the AV node |
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| condition of narrowing of a part |
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| Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) |
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| the abrupt cessation of any cardiac output (CO), most commonly as the result of ventricular fibrillation; causes sudden death unless defibrillation is initiated immediately |
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| circulation of blood throughout the body via arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins to deliver oxygen and nutrients to body tissues |
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| to contrast; period during the cardiac cycle when the heart is in contraction and blood is ejected through the aorta and the pulmonary artery |
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| fast heart rate; more than100 bpm |
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| Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) |
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| formation of a clot in a deep vein of the body, occurring most often in the femoral and iliac veins |
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| valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle |
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| surgical repair of a defective heart valve |
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| to grow; an abnormal growth of tissue around a valve, generally as a result of infection |
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vessels that carry blood to the heart from the venules
VEINS TO THE HEART |
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| small vessels that gather blood from the capillaries into the veins |
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