Heart Flashcards

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Angina

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Angina: severe, often constricting pain; caused by reduced arterial blood to the myocardium, which reduces oxygen supplied to the myocardial cells; causes injury and ischemia and the sharp precordial pain directly related to cardiac ischemia; usually refers to angina pectoris.

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Arrhythmia

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Arrhythmia: loss of rhythm; denotes especially an irregularity of the heartbeat.

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Atherosclerotic heart disease

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Atherosclerotic heart disease: narrowing of the small blood vessels of the heart.

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Bradycardia

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Bradycardia: slow beating of the heart, usually at a rate of less than 60 beats per minute.

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Bruit

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Bruit: a harsh or musical intermittent auscultatory sound, especially an abnormal one.

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Bacterial endocarditis

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Bacterial endocarditis: bacterial infection of the endothelial layer of the heart and valves.

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Cardiac tamponade

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Cardiac tamponade: excessive fluid accumulation between the pericardium and the heart.

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Congestive heart failure

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Congestive heart failure: a failure of the heart to pump effectively resulting in congestion within the pulmonary and systemic circulation of the heart.

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Cor pulmonale

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Cor pulmonale: enlargement of the right ventricle secondary to chronic lung disease.

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Myocardial infarction

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Myocardial infarction: ischemic myocardial necrosis due to decrease blood flow to a segment of the myocardium.

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Myocarditis

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Myocarditis: inflammation of the myocardium.

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Myocardium

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Myocardium: middle layer of the heart.

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Palpitations

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Palpitations: forcible or irregular pulsation of the heart, perceptible to the patient, usually with an increase in frequency or force, with or without irregularity in rhythm.

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Pericarditis

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Pericarditis: inflammation of the pericardium

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15
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Pericardium

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Pericardium: fibrous sac encasing the heart.

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Tachycardia

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Tachycardia: rapid beating of the heart, conventionally applied to rates over 100 beats per minute.

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Thrill

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Thrill: a fine, palpable sensation.