cv Vocab Flashcards
Inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel
Angiitis
Severe episodes of spasmodic chocking or suffocation chest pain
Angina pectoris
A contrast medium and chest xrays to visualize the dimensions of the heart and large blood vessels
Angiocardiography
A spasmodic contraction of the blood vessels
Angiospasm
Medication to control irregularities of the heart beat
Antiarrhythmic
Administered to lower blood pressure
Antihypertensive
Absence of all formed blood elements
Aplastic anemia
Surgical removal of an artery
Arterectomy
Tissue death of blood vessels
Arterionerosis
Hardening of the arteries which reduces the flow of blood through these vessels
Arteriosclerosis
White blood cell formed in red bone marrow promote the inflammation response
Basophils
Oxygen nitrogen carbon dioxide
Blood gases
Abnormally slow heartbeat
Bradycardia
A procedure in which a catheter is passed into a vein or artery and is guided into the heart
Cardiac catheterization
Lowest pressure when the ventricles relax
Diastolic pressure
Blockage of a vessel by an embolus
Embolism
An abnormal increase in the number of circulating red blood cells
Erythrocytosis
Rapid random ineffective contractions of the heart
Fibrollation
Localized weak spot or ballon like enlargement of the wAll if an artery
Aneurysm
A benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels
Hemangioma
A collection of blood trapped with tissues
Hematoma
Disorder in which red blood cells are destroyed
Hemolytic anemia
To control bleeding
Hemostasis
Good cholesteol
Hdl
Record heart rates and rhythms over a 24 hour period
Holter monitor
Malignancy characterized by a progressive increase of abnormal leukocytes
Leukemia
Occlusion of a coronary artery resulting in an infarct of the affected myocardium heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Drawing of fluid from the pericardial sac
Pericardiocentesis
Inflammation of the pericardium
Pericarditis
Disorder that cant absorb b12 normally
Pernicious anemia
Inflammation of a vein or veins
Phlebitis
Inflammation involving several arteries
Polyarteritis
Intermittent attacks of pallor cyanosis and redness of the finger and toes
Raynauds phenomenon
High blood pressure caused by another medical problem
Secondary hypertension
The pressence of a pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood blood poisoning
Septicemia
Red blood cells have abnormal sickle shape
Sickle cell anemia
Highest pressure when ventricles contracts
Systolic pressure
Universal recipient
Ab
Universal donor
O
