Flashcards in cv Vocab Deck (39)
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Inflammation of a blood or lymph vessel
Angiitis
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Severe episodes of spasmodic chocking or suffocation chest pain
Angina pectoris
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A contrast medium and chest xrays to visualize the dimensions of the heart and large blood vessels
Angiocardiography
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A spasmodic contraction of the blood vessels
Angiospasm
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Medication to control irregularities of the heart beat
Antiarrhythmic
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Administered to lower blood pressure
Antihypertensive
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Absence of all formed blood elements
Aplastic anemia
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Surgical removal of an artery
Arterectomy
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Tissue death of blood vessels
Arterionerosis
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Hardening of the arteries which reduces the flow of blood through these vessels
Arteriosclerosis
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White blood cell formed in red bone marrow promote the inflammation response
Basophils
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Oxygen nitrogen carbon dioxide
Blood gases
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Abnormally slow heartbeat
Bradycardia
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A procedure in which a catheter is passed into a vein or artery and is guided into the heart
Cardiac catheterization
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Lowest pressure when the ventricles relax
Diastolic pressure
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Blockage of a vessel by an embolus
Embolism
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An abnormal increase in the number of circulating red blood cells
Erythrocytosis
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Rapid random ineffective contractions of the heart
Fibrollation
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Localized weak spot or ballon like enlargement of the wAll if an artery
Aneurysm
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A benign tumor made up of newly formed blood vessels
Hemangioma
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A collection of blood trapped with tissues
Hematoma
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Disorder in which red blood cells are destroyed
Hemolytic anemia
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To control bleeding
Hemostasis
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Good cholesteol
Hdl
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Record heart rates and rhythms over a 24 hour period
Holter monitor
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Malignancy characterized by a progressive increase of abnormal leukocytes
Leukemia
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Occlusion of a coronary artery resulting in an infarct of the affected myocardium heart attack
Myocardial infarction
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Drawing of fluid from the pericardial sac
Pericardiocentesis
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Inflammation of the pericardium
Pericarditis
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