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HPA 310
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Health Care
Post-Graduate
03/24/2010

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Term

 

 

 

TRICUSPID

Definition

 

 

 

RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART

Term

 

 

 

PULMONARY

Definition

 

 

ALLOW BLOOD TO GO INTO PULMANARY ARTERIES TO GO TO LUNGS

Term

 

MITRAL

Definition

 

 

LEFT SIDE OF HEART B/W L&R ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE

Term

 

 

AORTIC

Definition

 

 

ALLOW BLOOD TO GO TO EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE BODY

Term

 

 

AORTA

Definition

MAJOR BLOOD VESSEL IN THE BODY.

FEEDS BLOOD TO EVERY ORGAN

Term

 

CORONARY ARTERIES

Definition

 

BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE HEART

LEFT AND RIGHT ONE

Term

 

 

HEART ATTACK

Definition
BLOCKAGE IN CORNARY ARTERIES
Term
SA NODE
Definition

 

MAIN PACEMAKER IN THE HEART

TELLS HEART TO PUMP 60-100 BEATS

SENDS ELECTRICAL MESSAGE TO THE AV NODE

 

Term

 

AV NODE

Definition

 

BACK UP

SENDS ELECTRICAL IMPULSES TO BUNDLE OF HIS

B/W LEFT AND RIGHT VENTRICLES

Term

 

PERICARDIUM

Definition
SURROUNDING OF THE HEART
Term

 

SYSTOLE

Definition

 

CONTRACTION GOF THE HEART

Term

 

 

DIASTOLE

Definition

 

 

RELAXATION OF THE HEART

Term

 

CAD(CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE)

Definition

STARTS IN CHILDHOOD

PLAQUE BUILDUPTHAT FORMS A CLOT

HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES-ATHEROSCLEROSIS

CAUSES MI'S

CHEST PAINS

HEART ATTACK

Term

 

ANGINA

Definition

CHEST PAIN

TIGHTNESS, SQUEEZING, HEAVYNESS, PRESSURE

Term

 

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Definition

HEART ATTACK

WHEN BLOOD IS BLOCKED

TISSUE DEATH

 

Term
CAD SYMPTOMS
Definition

 ANGINA

SHORTNESS OF BREATH, EXERTIONAL FATIGUE

NAUSEA AND VOMITING

DIAPHORESIS

GENDER ISSUE

Term

 

 

DIAPHORESIS

Definition
SWEATING
Term

 

EKG

Definition
ELECTRICAL EVALUATION OF THE HEART
Term

 

 

STRESS TEST

Definition

DONE ON THE TREADMILL

CAN BE DONE CHEMICALLY FOR THOSE WHO CANT WALK ON TREADMILL

 

Term

 

 

CARDIAC CATHERIZATION

Definition

 

CATHERTER IN ARTERIES

HEART IS INJECTED WITH DYE TO LOOK FOR CAD

Term

 

 

ANGIOPLASTY

Definition

 

 

CATHETER USED

USE A STENT

OPEN BALLOON TO GET RID OF PLAQUE

USED TO  KEEP IT OPEN

CAN ONLY USE IT ON 1 ARTERY AT A TIME

IN AND OUT PROCESS

CHEAPER THEN CABG

Term

 

 

CABG

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING

Definition

MORE EXPENSIVE THEN ANGIOPLASTY

LONGER STAY IN HOSPITAL

CAN DO ON MANY ARTERIES AT ONCE

TAKE OUT ARTERIES THAT ARE BLOCKED AND REPLACE WITH NEW ONES

Term

 

 

NON-MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS

 

CAD

Definition

 

AGE

 

FAMILY HISTORY

Term

 

 

MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS

 

CAD

Definition

 

 

SMOKING

DIABETES

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

HIGH CHOLESTEROL

LIFE STYLE ISSUES

Term

 

 

HYPERTENSION

Definition

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

PRESSURE IN THE ARTERIES

INCREASE PRESSURE=HARDER THE HEART HAS TO WORK

PRIMARY IDIOPATHIC

 

TREATMENT:

LIFESTYLE--DIET

EXERCISE

MEDICATION

Term

 

HYPERLIPIDEMIA

Definition

HIGH CHOLESTEROL

HDL

LDL

 

TREATMENT:

DIET

STATINS

Term

 

 

HDL

Definition

GOOD CHOLESTEROL

WANT IT TO BE AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE FOR DECREASE RISK OF HEART DISEASE

Term
LDL
Definition

BAD CHOLESTEROL

CAUSES HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES

WANT THIS TO BE AS LOW AS POSS

Term

 

STATINS

Definition

 

LOWERS CHOLESTEROL

LOWERS THE RISK OF HEART DISEASE

USED FREQUENTLY

Term

 

 

VALVULAR HEART DISEASE

Definition

VLAVULAR STENOSIS/INSUFFICIENCY

MURMER

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

Term

 

VALVULAR STENOSIS

Definition

 

VALVE WILL NOT OPEN ADEQUTLY

Term

 

VALVULAR INSUFFICIENCY

Definition

 

VALVE DOESNT CLOSE COMPLETELY

Term

 

MURMER

Definition

SOUND HEARD WHEN USING A STETHESCOPE WHEN BLOOD GOES THROUGH AN ABNORMAL VALVE

 

 

RUMBLES

Term

 

 

CONGENTIAL HEART DISEASE

Definition

BORN W/ IT

 

ASD

VSD

TETROLOGY OF FALOT

TRANSPOSITION OF GREAT VESSELS

PDA

Term

 

RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE

Definition

ACUTE RHEUMATIV FEVER

ABNORMAL VALVE IS AT RISK FOR INFECTION

AORTIC VALVE DISEASE

Term
ACUTE RHEUMATIC FEVER
Definition

AUTO-IMMUNE- STREP THROAT

DAMAGE OF VALVE CAN HAVE HEART PROBLEMS

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