Heart Flashcards
1
Q
what types of heart murmurs are there
A
stenosis regurgitation S1 S2 S3
2
Q
what is cardiomyopathy
A
disease of heart muscle and affects ability to pump blood
3
Q
what is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
A
excessive thickening of the heart
4
Q
what is dilated cardiomyopathy
A
dilated blood or enlarged heart
5
Q
what is restrictive cardiomyopathy
A
the heart walls become stiff and restricts blood flow through the heart
6
Q
what is Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
A
the heart cells get replaced with fatty tissues
7
Q
what is broken heart (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy
A
left ventricle swells and changes shape impairing pumping action
