Heart Flashcards
Coronary artery
Gives blood to the heart
Interventricular septum
Thick wall of myocardium separates L and R
From head to heart
Cardiac vein and superior vena cava
Electricity through the heart
SA node, AV node, Bundle of His, bundle branches, Purkinje fibers
Atherosclerosis
Build up of plaque and hardens arteries
CHF
Heart doesn’t pump well
Circulatory shock
Low blood perfusion to tissue
Fibrillation
Rapid heart rate
Ischemia
Low blood supply to organ
Orthostatic hypotension
Low blood pressure
Pulmonary edema
Fluid in lungs
Thrombophlebitis
Inflammation of a wall of a vein
What ECG portion indicates ventricular repolarization
T wave
What valves are open during ventricular systole
Aortic and pulmonary
What does not lead to an increase in cardiac output
A decrease in venous return