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cardiovascular

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angio
vessel
artero, arterio
artery
athero
yellow plaque
atrio
atrium
brachio
arm
cardio
heart
oxo
oxygen
phlebo
vein
sphygmo
pulse
stetho
chest
thrombo
clot
valvo
valve
vaso / vasculo
vessel
veno
vein
AED
automated external defibrillator
AF
atrial fibrillation
AV
atrioventricular
BP
blood pressure
Cath
catheter
CHF
congestive heart failure
CPR
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
EKG
electrocardiogram
ECHO
echocardiogram
LV
left ventricle
SOB
shortness of breath
VF
ventricular fibrillation
arteries...
away from heart
veins...
have valves; blood back to heart
pulmonary circulation...
blood pumping between lungs and heart
systemic circulation...
blood pumping and circulating in the entire body
diastole...
relaxation
systole...
contraction
P wave
wave over the atria before contraction
QRS wave
wave over the ventricles as the ventricles contract
T wave
relaxation of ventricles
aorta
largest artery in the body
aortic valve
heart valve between the left ventricle and aorta
AV node
between atria; electric impulses from pacemaker-bundle of his to ventricles
atrium
upper chamber of the heart
mitrial valve
valve between the left atrium and left ventricle
Myocardium
muscular, middle layer of the heart
pacemaker (SA node)
nervous tissue in the right atrium; begins the heartbeat
pulmonary artery
Carries deoxygentated blood from the heart to the lungs
pulmonary valve
between right ventricle and pulmonary artery
septum
partition or wall dividing a cavity
tricuspid valve
3 cusps; between right atrium and right ventricle
ventricle
one of two lower chambers of the heart
rapid, random, inefficient arrhythmia
fibrillation
the heart is unable to pump the required amount of blood
CHF
local death of heart tissue
infarction
myocardial infarction (MI)
heart attack
using mammal veins to create an artery to bypass a coronary blockage
coronary bypass
high blood pressure
hypertension
procedure that inserts a balloon-tipped catheter into a coronary artery
PCI
insertion of a catheter in the femoral setter to identify problems with the cardiovascular system
cardiac catheterization
break up blood clots
thrombolytic therapy
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