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Chapter 9 Vocabulary Words

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Angina pectoris
oppressive chest pain caused by irregular blood flow to the heart.
A-rrhythm-ia
irregular heart beat
dys-rhythm-ia
irregular heart beat
palpitation
rapid or irregular beating of the heart
pector-algia
chest pain
aort-algia
pain in the aorta
dia-phoresis
profuse sweating
hemo-rrhage
loss of blood
phleb-algia
pain in a vein
endo-card-ium
tissue lining the inside of the heart
epi-card-ium
tissue lining the outside of the heart
myo-card-ium
heart muscle tissue
peri-card-ium
tissue around the heart
vena cava
large diameter vein that gathers blood from the body and returns it to the heart
Brady-card-ia
slow heart beat
cardio-megaly
enlarged heart
murmur
abnormal heart sound
tachy-card-ia
rapid heartbeat
aort-ic sten-osis
narrowing of the aorta
artery-rrhexis
rupture of an artery
arterio-scler-osis
hardening of an artery
ather-scler-osis
hardening of an artery due to build up of fatty plaque
em-bolus
mass of matter in the blood
embol-ism
blockage in a blood vessel caused by an embolus
isch-emia
blockage of blood flow to an organ
occlusion
closing or blockage of a passage
thrombus
blood clot
varicose veins
an enlarged, dilated vein toward the surface of the skin
angio-gram
record of blood vessels
angio-graphy
procedure to describe the blood vessels
arterio-gram
record of an artery
cardi-ac catheter-ization
process of inserting a tube in the heart
echo-cardio-gram
image of a heart produced using sound waves
echo-cardio-graphy
use of sound waves to produce an image of the heart
electro-cardio-gram
record of electrical currents of the heart
electro-cardio-graphy
procedure for recording electrical currents of the heart
Trans-esophag-eal echo-cardio-gram
record of the heart using sound waves performed by inserting the transducer into the esophagus
veno-gram
record of a vein
blood pressure
the force exerted by blood on the walls of blood vessels
cardio-logist
heart specialist
cardio-logy
branch of medicine dealing with the heart
cardio-vascul-ar
pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
atri-al sept-al de-fect
Flaw in the septum that divides the two atria of the heart
cardi-ac arrest
Cessation of functional circulation
cardio-myo-pathy
disease of the heart muscle
con-genit-al heart de-fect
flaw in the structure of the heart present at birth
con-gest-ive heart failure
heart failure characterized by the heart cavity being unable to pump all the blood out of its self
endo-card-itis
inflammation of the tissue lining the inside of the heart
myo-cardi-al in-farct-ion
death of heart muscle tissue
myo-cardi-al isch-emia
blockage of blood to the heart muscle
myo-card-itis
inflammation of the heart muscle
peri-card-itis
inflammation of the tissue around the heart
Ventricul-ar Sept-al De-fect
flaw in the septum that divides the ventricles of the heart
an-eury-sm
bulge in a blood vessel
angi-oma
blood vessel tumor
arterio-pathy
disease of the arteries
arter-itis
inflammation of the arteries
deep vein thromb-osis
formation of a blood clot in a vein deep in the body, most commonly the leg
hyper-tens-ion
high blood pressure
hypo-tens-ion
low blood pressure
phleb-itis
inflammation of the veins
thrombo-phleb-itis
inflammation of vein caused by a clot
anti-angin-al
drug that prevents or relieves the symptoms of angina pectoris
anti-a-rrhythm-ic
A drug that opposes irregular heart beat
anti-coagul-ant
drug that opposes coagulation of blood
anti-hyper-tens-ive
drug that opposes high blood pressure
thrombo-lyt-ic
drug that breaks down clots
vaso-constrict-or
drug that constricts or narrows the diameter of a blood vessel
vaso-dilat-or
drug that causes relaxation or expansion of a blood vessel
vaso-press-or
A drug that constricts or narrows the diameter of a blood vessel
cardio-pulmon-ary bypass
Procedure that temporarily circulates an oxygenates a patients blood during the portion of heart surgery where the heart is stopped.
cardio-pulmon-ary Re-suscit-ation
basic life support
cardio-vers-ion
returning the heart to normal rhythm
coronary artery bypass graft
borrowed pieces of vessel used to bypass a blocked artery in the heart
coronary artery bypass surgery
surgery to bypass a blocked artery in the heart
per-cutane-ous coron-ary intervention
alternate treatment for a coronary artery that passes instruments up a patients blood vessels into the heart
valvo-tomy
incision into a heart valve
valvulo-plasty
surgical reconstruction of a heart valve
angio-plasty
surgical reconstruction of a vessel
angio-rrhaphy
suture of a vessel
aorto-rrhaphy
suture of the aorta
arterio-rrhaphy
suture of an artery
ather-ectomy
surgical removal of fatty plaque within an artery
end-arter-ectomy
surgical removal of the inside of an artery
phlebo-ectomy
surgical removal of a vein
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