Heart Energy and Heart Failure Flashcards
Congestive Heart _____ can be a problem caused by failure of either the _____ of the right side pumps in the _____ to keep up
Failure, Left, Heart
When the _____ on the left side of the _____ are incompetent, it causes _____ edema
Pumps, Heart, Pulmonary
Pulmonary _____ can cause shortness of breath, make it hard to exercise or _____, or, in its most _____ form, death
Edema, Walk, Fatal
When the _____ becomes congested, it causes a “_____ jam” in the blood _____
Blood, Traffic, Vessels
Edema is _____ caused by _____ accumulating in the _____
Swelling, Fluid, Tissues
When the right pumps are _____, it causes peripheral _____
Incompetent, Peripheral Edema
Peripheral means _____ occurs in parts of the _____
far from the _____
Swelling, Body, Heart
A _____ is a _____ of events that _____
Cycle, Sequence, Reoccur
The _____ fraction is the fraction of _____ that _____ the _____ when it pumps
Ejection, Blood, Exit, Heart
The _____ ejection fraction is _____ to _____% of the blood in the _____
Healthy, Sixty, Seventy, Heart
The Coronary _____ is a way for the heart to pump _____ to _____
Circulation, Blood, Itself
The Coronary Circulation is a system of _____ and _____ that delivers _____ blood to the heart muscle an carries away _____ blood
Arteries, Veins, Oxygen-Rich, Deoxygenated
The _____ is the heart _____
Myocardium, Muscle
The very _____ part of the _____ is called the ascending _____
First, Aorta, Aorta
The two _____ that branch off from the _____ aorta are called the right and left _____ arteries.
Arteries, Ascending, Coronary