Heart Diseases

Question 1

Activity that requires continuous rhythmic muscle contraction of the legs and/or arms.

Answer 1

Aerobic exercise

Question 2

Bulging of the wall of a vein, artery or heart due to weakening by disease, injury, or birth defect.

Answer 2

Aneurysm

Question 3

heart muscle doesn’t receive a sufficient blood supply, resulting in pain in the chest and often in the left arm and shoulder.

Answer 3

Angina Pectoris

Question 4

Test done by injecting contrast dye into a body organ to observe the heart or systemic circulation.

Answer 4

Angiogram

Question 5

Medicine which delays clotting of the blood.

If given when a blood vessel is blocked by a clot, it tends to prevent new clots from forming or the existing clot from enlarging, but does not dissolve an existing clot.

Answer 5

Anticoagulant

Question 6

Largest artery in the body.

It carries blood from the heart’s left ventricle and distributes it throughout the body.

Answer 6

Aorta

Question 7

Irregular heart rhythm.

Answer 7

Arrhythmia

Question 8

Condition in which the walls of the arteries thicken and lose their elasticity, decreasing blood flow through them.

May be due to a buildup of fibrous tissue, lipids or minerals.

Also called hardening of the arteries and usually occurs naturally with aging.

Answer 8

Arteriosclerosis

Question 9

Blood vessels which carry blood to various parts of the body. Arteries carry oxygenated blood.

Answer 9

Artery

Question 10

Hardening of the arteries caused by a buildup of lipids and other substances in the blood vessels.

Answer 10

Atherosclerosis

Question 11

Force that flowing blood exerts against artery walls.

Answer 11

Blood Pressure

Question 12

Occurs when the heart stops beating and the circulation of blood ceases.

Answer 12

Cardiac arrest

Question 13

Disease of the heart muscle that reduces the ability of the heart to pump enough blood.

Answer 13

Cardiomyopathy

Question 14

Emergency measure used by one or two people to try to revive a person whose heart and breathing have stopped.

Answer 14

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Question 15

Pertaining to the heart, blood and blood vessels.

Answer 15

Cardiovascular

Question 16

Use of low voltage electric shock to stop an abnormally fast heart rhythm through paddles placed on the chest surface.

Answer 16

Cardioversion

Question 17

Thin, flexible tube which can be guided into a body organ.

Answer 17

Catheter

Question 18

Cramping of the muscles (typically the calf muscles) with exercise, produced by inadequate blood flow.

Answer 18

Claudication

Question 19

Condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood. Loss of this pumping power can lead to weakened circulation and fluid collection in body organs and tissues.

Answer 19

Congestive Heart Failure

Question 20

Arteries arising from the base of the aorta which carry blood to the heart muscle.

Answer 20

Coronary arteries

Question 21

Surgery done to bypass narrowed or obstructed areas to improve blood flow.

Answer 21

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG)

Question 22

Condition caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries resulting in decreased blood supply to the heart (ischemia)

Answer 22

Coronary Heart Disease

Question 23

Obstruction in a coronary artery which interrupts flow of blood to the heart muscle. Also called a heart attack.

Answer 23

Coronary occlusion

Question 24

Blocking of a blood vessel by a blood clot or other substance carried in the blood stream.

Answer 24

Embolism

Question 25

Condition which results in a block or a slowing of the electrical impulses which travel through the heart.

Answer 25

Heart block

Question 26

Number of times the heart beats in one minute.

Answer 26

Heart Rate

Question 27

Area of tissue which is damaged or dies because of a blocked blood supply.

Answer 27

Infarct

Question 28

Closed sac around the heart.

Answer 28

Pericardium

Question 29

A stainless steel device that helps hold any artery open. It is placed by a balloon catheter inflated in the artery.

Answer 29

Stent