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med terms app. 1- cardiovascular system Flashcards

1
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angi/o

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vessel

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aort/o

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aorta

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coron/o

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heart

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phleb/o

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vein

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5
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venul/o

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venule

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aneurysm

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local widening of an artery caused by weakness in the arterial wall

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angina

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chest pain caused by decreased blood flow to the hear

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arrhythmia

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abnormal heartbeat

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congestive heart failure

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inability of the heart to pump its required amount of blood

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10
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hypertension

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high blood pressure

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myocardial infarction

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heart attack

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12
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angiography

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recording blood vesicles after the injection of contrast into bloodstream

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cardiac catheterization

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introducing a catheter into a coronary blood vessel to measure pressure and flow patterns of the blood

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14
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holter monitory

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detection of abnormal heart rhythms

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lipid test

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measurements of cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood

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lipoprotein test

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measures of HDL and LDL’s in the blood

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MUGA scan

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imaging the motion of the heart wall muscles and assessing the function of the heart via a multiple gated acquisition scan

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PET scan

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radioactive chemicals, release radioactive particles are injected into the blood stem, and travel to the heart, show flow of blood and function activity of the heart muscle

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stress test

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electrocardiogram plus blood pressure and heart rate measurements shows the hearts response to physical exertion

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technetium Tc 99 sestamibi test

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radioactive pharmaceutical inject intravenously to show perfusion of the blood in the heart muscle

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Thallium-201 scan

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radioactive test that shows where injected 201 localizes in the heart muscle

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cardiac catheter ablation

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flexible tube is threaded through blood vessels into the heart to destroy abnormal tissue that causes arrhythmias

23
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cardioversion

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brief discharges of electricity passing across the chest to stop cardiac arrhythmia

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CABG

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vessels taken from pts. legs or chest connected to coronary Arties to make detours around blockages

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endarterectomy

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surgical removal of the innermost lining of an artery to remove fatty deposits and clots

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PCI

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ballon tipped catheter is threaded into a coronary artery to compress fatty deposits to open the artery

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thrombolytic therapy

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drugs (tPA- tissue plasminogen activator) and streptokinase are injected into a pt.s bloodstream to dissolve clots

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