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| Chest pain/short attacks of substernal pain/radiates to the left shoulder & arm. Provoked by exertion. Relieved by rest. |
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| Heart valve that prevents blood from returning to the left ventricle. |
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| Small arteries that carry blood to the capillaries |
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| Hardening of the arteries |
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| Blood vessel-transports blood high in oxygen/from heart ---exception pulmonary artery and umbilical artery. |
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| Upper chambers of the heart (right or left). Contain both oxygenated & deoxygenated blood. |
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AKA AV Node:
Specialized group of cardiac cells (tissue) located in the lower left portion of the right atrium. |
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| Inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves (the lining of the heart) caused by an infection by a microbe. |
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Slow heartbeat
w/ventricular contractions
less than 60 bpm. |
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| Smallest blood vesse/moves oxygen into and removes waste products from body tissues. |
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| - Cardiac Cathetherization |
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| Type of angiography. Procedure that visualizes heart activity & measures pressure within the heart chambers using catheterization (threading) of the heart. |
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| Enlargement of the heart. |
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| Located on each side of the neck. Used to check adult pulse for CPR. |
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| - Coarctation of the Aorta |
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| Congenital cardiac anomaly characterized by a localized narrowing of the aorta causing a decrease in blood flow. |
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| Located on the upper surface (top) of the foot. Used to check blood supply to the lower extremities. Supplies blood to muscles of foot and toes. |
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| SA Node, AV Node, Bundle of His, Right & Left Bundle Branches, & Purkinje Fibers. |
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| Outermost layer of the heart wall. |
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| Located on the left side of the chest and is protected by the sternum and thoracic vertebrae. |
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| Located on the left side of the chest and is protected by the sternum and thoracic vertebrae. |
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| - Holter Monitor: Holter Monitor Ischemia |
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| Deficiency of a blood supply to tissue because of obstruction. Occurs when the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen. |
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| AKA Bicuspid Valve. Heart valve located between the atrium and the left ventricle. |
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| Abnormal heart sound caused by malfunctioning valves. |
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| AKA MI or Heart Attack. Death of myocardial tissue caused by lack of oxygen. |
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| Movement of blood from the heart to the lungs and back. |
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| - Pulmonary Semilunar Valve |
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| Valve that prevents backflow into the right ventricle. |
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| Brachial Artery, Carotid Artery, Dorsalis Pedis Artery, Femoral Artery, Popliteal Artery, Radial Artery, and Temporal Artery. |
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| Fibers that form the right and left branches of the bundle of His and extend along outer walls of the ventricles, causing them to contract. |
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| Deoxygenated blood from the body returns to the heart and enters here. |
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| AKA SA Node. Specialized group of cardiac cells (tissue) that functions as the natural “pacemaker” of the heart; located in the upper portion of the right atrium and responsible for the electrical impulse that “fires” the heart. |
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| Movement of blood from the heart throughout the entire body and back. |
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| Contraction of the heart. |
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| Heart valve located between the right atrium and the right ventricle. |
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| Blood vessel with valves that carries blood low in oxygen toward the heart. |
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| Blood vessel that carries blood from the capillary to the vein. |
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