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Cardiovascular System Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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angi/o

A

vessel

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aort/o

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aorta

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arteri/o

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artery

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arteriol/o

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arteriole

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cardi/o

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heart

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coron/o

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heart

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phleb/o

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vein

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ven/o

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vein

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venul/o

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venule

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aneurysm

A

widening of an artery caused by weakness in arterial wall

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angina

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chest pain cause by decreased blood flow to heart

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arrhythmia

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abnormal heartbeat; ex. fibrilation, flutter

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atherosclerosis

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hardening of arteries with cholesterol-like plaque

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congestive heart failure

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inability of heart to pump required amount of blood

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pulmonary edema

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collection of blood in the lungs

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hypertension

A

high blood pressure

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myocardial infarction

A

heart attack

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shock

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group signs and symptoms indicating poor oxygen supply to tissues and insufficient return of blood to heart

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angiography

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x-ray recording of blood vessels after injection of contrast into bloodstream

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cardiac catherization

A

introducing a catheter into coronary blood vessels

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cardiac catheter ablation

A

flexible tube threaded through blood vessels into heart to destroy abnormal tissue causing arrhythmias.

22
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cardioversion / defibrillation

A

brief discharges of electricity passing across the chest to stop a cardiac arrhythmia

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coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)

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vessels taken from pateints’ legs or chest connected to coronary arteries to make detours around blockages

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endarterectomy

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surgical removal of the innermost lining of an artery to remove fatty deposits and clots

25
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heart transplantation

A

donor heart transferred to a recipient

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percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

A

balloon-tipped catheter threaded into a coronary artery to compress fatty deposits and open the artery

27
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stents

A

expandable slotted tubes that create wider openings that make blockage recurrence less likely

28
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thrombolytic therapy

A

drugs injected into a patients bloodstream to dissolve clots that may cause a heart attack

29
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AAA

A

abdominal aortic aneurysm

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ACS

A

Acute coronary syndrome

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AED

A

automated external defibrillator

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AMI

A

acute myocardial infarction

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BP

A

blood pressure

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CABG

A

coronary artery bypass grafting

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CAD

A

coronary artery disease

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CCU

A

coronary care unit

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CHF

A

congestive heart failure

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CPR

A

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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ECG

A

electrocradiography

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ECHO

A

echocardiography

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HDL

A

high-density lipoprotein

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HTN

A

hypertentison

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ICD

A

implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

44
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LDL

A

low-density lipoprotein

45
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MI

A

myocardial infarction

46
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PCI

A

percutaneous coronary intervention

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