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1
Q

cardi/o-

A

heart

2
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-logy

A

the study of

3
Q

vascul/o-

A

blood vessels

4
Q

my/o-

A

muscle

5
Q

-um

A

structure

6
Q

-ature

A

system

7
Q

-gram

A

a picture

8
Q

-ion

A

action

9
Q

contrict/o-

A

drawn together

10
Q

arteri/o-

A

artery

11
Q

vosoconstriction

A

artery decreases in size

12
Q

ven/o-

A

vein

13
Q

-ule

A

small thing

14
Q

CHF

A

congestive heart failure

15
Q

infarct/o-

A

area of dead tisue

16
Q

endocarditis

A

inflammation/bacterial infection of the endocardium and the values

17
Q

cardiac arrhythmias

A

any type of irregularity in the rate or rhythm of the heart

18
Q

ventricular fibrillation

A

in fibrillation, the heart muscle twitches as parts of it contract independently but ineffectively

19
Q

AED

A

Automatic External Defibulator

20
Q

Aneurysm

A

weak spot in the artery wall

21
Q

Arteriosclerosis

A

hardened artery

22
Q

scler/o-

A

hard

23
Q

arteri/o-

A

artery

24
Q

Atherosclerosis

A

plague on the arterial walls

25
Q

ather/o-

A

soft fatty

26
Q

Hyperlipidemia

A

elevated cholesterol level

27
Q

hyper

A

above

28
Q

lipid/o-

A

lipid

29
Q

-emia

A

condition of the blood

30
Q

varicose veins

A

damaged or incompetent valves

31
Q

Telemetry

A

measures heart rate and rhythm in hospital by wearing electrodes that transmit an EKG tracing to a central monitoring station

32
Q

tele/o-

A

distance

33
Q

angi/o-

A

blood vessel

34
Q

-plasty

A

to repair

35
Q

vital signs

A

in a physical assessment/examination vital signs are taken to measure temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respirations

36
Q

CABG

A

coronary artery bypass graft

37
Q

CABG def

A

procedure to bypass an occluded coronary artery restore blood flow to the myocardium. A blood vessel from somewhere else is used as the bypass graft