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Cardiac Vocabulary: Part 1 Flashcards

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Cardiovascular Disease

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Disease affection the heart, peripheral blood vessels, or both

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Coronary Heart Disease

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A type of cardiovascular disease, the single largest killer of Americans.

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Electrocardiogram

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The graphic recording of the heart’s electrical activity. It may be displayed either on paper o on an oscilloscope.

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Artifact

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Deflection on the ECG produced by factors other than the heart’s electrical activity.

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Einthoven’s triangle

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The triangle around the heart formed by the bipolar limb leads

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Augmented limb leads

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Another term for unipolar limb leads, reflecting the fact that the ground lead is disconnected, which increased the amplitude of deflection on the ECG tracing. Includes leads aVR, aVL, aVF

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Unipolar Limb Leads

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Electrocardiogram leads applied to the arms and legs, consisting of on polarized (positive) electrode and a non polarized reference point that is created by the ECG machine combining two additional electrodes; also called augmented limb leads; leads aVR, aVL, and aVF.

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Precordial (chest) leads

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Electrocardogram leads applied to the chest in a pattern that permits a view of the horizontal plane of the heart; leads V1-V6.

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Prolonged QT interval

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QT interval greater than .44 seconds.

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Refractory period

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The period of time when myocardial cells have not yet completely repolarized and cannot be stimulated again.

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Absolute Refractory Period

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The period of the cardiac cycle when stimulation will not produce any depolarization whatsoever.

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Relative refractory period

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The period of the cardiac cycle when a sufficiently strong stimulus may produce depolarization.

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Dysrhythmia

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Any deviation from the normal electrical rhythm of the heart

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Arrhythmia

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The absence of cardiac electrical activity; often used interchangeably with dysrhythmia.

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Non-compensatory pause

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Pause following an ectopic beat where the SA node is depolarized and the underlying cadence of the hear is interrupted.

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Bruit

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The sound of turbulent blood flow through ha vessel usually associated with atherosclerotic disease.

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Compensatory Pause

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The pause following an ectopic beat where the SA node is unaffected and the cadence of the heart is uninterrupted.

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Interpolated Beat

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A PVC that falls between two sinus beats without effectively interrupting the rhythm.

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Coupling Interval

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Distance between the preceding beat and the PVC

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Aberrant Conduction

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Conduction of the electrical impulse through the heart’s conductive system in an abnormal fashion.

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Bundle Branch Block

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A kind of interventricular heart block in which conduction through either the right or left bundle branches is blocked or delayed.

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Bundle of Kent

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An accessory AV conduction pathway that is thought to be responsible for the ECG findings of preexcitation syndrome.

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Ejection Fraction

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When the ventricles of the heart contract and eject. about two thirds of the blood they contain.

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Stroke Volume

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The amount of blood ejected from the heart

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Preload

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The end-diastolic volume and influences the ford of the next contraction because of the stretch it exerts.

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Starling’s Law

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Law of he heart that states that the more myocardial muscle is stretched, the greater its force of contraction will be.

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Afterload

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The resistance against which hthe heart muscle must pump.

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Cardiac Output formula

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Stroke volume x heart rate= Cardiac Output

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Chronotropy

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Heart rate

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Inotropy

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Contractile Strength

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Dromotropy

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Rate of nervous impulse conduction

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What are the five electrolytes that effect the heart?

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Sodium (Na+), Calcium (Ca++), Potassium (K+), Chloride (CT-), and Magnesium (Mg++)

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How does sodium play a role in the heart?

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In depolarizing the myocardium

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How does calcium play a role in the heart?

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Takes part in myocardial depolarization and myocardial contraction

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How does potassium play a role in the heart?

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Influences repolarization

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Intercalated discs

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Connect cardiac muscle fibers and conduct electrical impulses quickly from one muscle fiber to the next.

Paramedic Lecture: 2nd Semester (48 decks)

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