Heart Flashcards
Angina
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.
Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia: loss of rhythm; denotes especially an irregularity of the heartbeat.
Atherosclerotic heart disease
Atherosclerotic heart disease: narrowing of the small blood vessels of the heart.
Bradycardia
Bradycardia: slow beating of the heart, usually at a rate of less than 60 beats per minute.
Bruit
Bruit: a harsh or musical intermittent auscultatory sound, especially an abnormal one.
Bacterial endocarditis
Bacterial endocarditis: bacterial infection of the endothelial layer of the heart and valves.
Cardiac tamponade
Cardiac tamponade: excessive fluid accumulation between the pericardium and the heart.
Congestive heart failure
Congestive heart failure: a failure of the heart to pump effectively resulting in congestion within the pulmonary and systemic circulation of the heart.
Cor pulmonale
Cor pulmonale: enlargement of the right ventricle secondary to chronic lung disease.
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction: ischemic myocardial necrosis due to decrease blood flow to a segment of the myocardium.
Myocarditis
Myocarditis: inflammation of the myocardium.
Myocardium
Myocardium: middle layer of the heart.
Palpitations
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.
Pericarditis
Pericarditis: inflammation of the pericardium
Pericardium
Pericardium: fibrous sac encasing the heart.
