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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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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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fatty

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atri/o

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atrium

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brady-

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slow

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cardi/o

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heart

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coron/o

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crown

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-ectasis

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dilation

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electro

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electrical

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-emia

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blood

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endo-

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inner, inside

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-gram

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written record

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hem/o, hemat/o

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blood

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isch

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restricted, narrowed

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my/o

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muscle

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peri-

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around, surrounding

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phleb/o

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vein

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-stenosis

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a narrowing

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tachy-

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fast

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thrombo

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clot

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valv/o, valvul/o

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valve

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varic/o

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dilated

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vas/o

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vessel

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ven/o

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vein

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ventricul/o

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ventricle

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a-fib

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atrial fibrillation

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AV

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atrioventricular

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BP

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blood pressure

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CABG

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coronary artery bypass graft

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CAD

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coronary artery disease

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CCU

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coronary care unit

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CHF

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congestive heart failure

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CP

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cerebral palsy

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DIC

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disseminated intravascular coagulation

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EKG/ECG

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electrocardiogram

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Hb

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hemoglobin

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HDL

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high-density lipoprotein

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HR

A

heart rate

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HTN

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hypertension

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ICU

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intensive care unit

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LDL

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low density lipoprotein

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MI

A

acute myocardial infarction

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P

A

total number of live births

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PTCA

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percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

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RBC

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red blood cell

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SA

A

suicide attempt

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SOB

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shortness of breath

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WBC

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white blood cell

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TIA

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transient ischaemic attack (seizure)

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aorta

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large arterial trunk that carries blood FROM the heart

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aortic valve

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lets blood from the left ventricle be pumped up into the aorta but prevents blood return

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arterioles

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a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries

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atria

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the two upper chambers of the heart

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atrioventricular node

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located between the upper atria and the lower ventricles

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bicuspid valve

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an aortic valve that has two flaps

57
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bundle of His

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a group of fibers that carry electrical impulses through the center of the heart

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endocardium

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lines the inside of the chambers of the heart and forms the surface of the valves

59
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epicardium

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forms the outer surface of the heart

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inferior vena cava

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large retroperitoneal vessel formed by the confluence of the right and left common iliac veins

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left atrium

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receives blood full of oxygen from the lungs and then empties the blood into the left ventricle

62
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left ventricle

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thickest of the heart’s chambers and is responsible for pumping oxygenated blood to tissues all over the body

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myocardium

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the muscular tissue of the heart

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pericardial sac

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a sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and roots of big blood vessels

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pericardium

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consists of 3 layers and surrounds the heart

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pulmonary artery

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carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs

67
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pulmonary valve

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one of four valves that regulate blood flow in the heart

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pulmonary veins

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deliver oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart

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purkinje fibers

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whole complex of the cardiac conduction system

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Rh factor

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a protein that can be found on the surface of red blood cells

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right atrium

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receives blood low in oxygen from the body and empties it into the right ventricle

72
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right ventricle

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the most anterior of the four heart chambers, receives blood from the right atrium

73
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septa

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The dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart

74
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sinoatrial node

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specialized muscle fibers in the right atrium that is responsible for initiating heartbeat

75
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sinus rhythm

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the normal rhythm of the heart where electrical stimuli are initiated in the SA node

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superior vena cava

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carries blood from your head, neck, upper chest, and arms to the heart

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systole

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phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts and pumps blood from the chambers into the arteries

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tricuspid valve

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lies in between the two right chambers of the heart, consists of three flaps, allows flow from right atrium to right ventricle

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troponin

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group of proteins found in skeletal and heart (cardiac) muscle fibers

80
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vascular

A

your body’s network of blood vessels

81
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venules

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a very small vein

82
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anemia

A

condition in which you lack enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to your body’s tissues

83
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aneurysm

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bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness in the blood vessel wall

84
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angina pectoris

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A type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart

85
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angiospasm

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spasmodic contraction of the blood vessels with increase in blood pressure

86
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angiostenosis

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The narrowing of one or more blood vessels

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arrythmia

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a problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat

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