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Health Differences
Health differences across the life span
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
06/16/2015

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Afterload
Definition
The tension produced by the chamber of the heart in order to contract
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Palpitation
Definition
An abnormality of the heartbeat that causes a conscious awareness of its beating, wether it is too slow, too, fast, irregular, or at its normal frequency.
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Automaticity
Definition
Automatic response pattern
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stroke volume
Definition
The volume of blood pumped from one ventricle of the heart with each beat. It ios calculated by subtracting the volume of blood in the vnetricles at the end of a beat called end-systolic volume from the volume of blood just prior the the beat called end diastolic volume.
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syncope fainting
Definition
A sudden, usually temporary, loss of consciousness generally caused by insufficient oxygen in the brain either through cerebral hypoxia or through hypotension, but possibly for other reasons.
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Angina
Definition
Chest pain due to ischemia pf the heart muscle
(lack of blood hence oyygen supply)
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Tachycardia
Definition
Refers to a heart rate that exceeds the normal range for a resting heart rate (heart rate in an inactive or sleeping individual)
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Bradycardia
Definition
Defined as a resting heart rate of under 60 beats per minute, though it is seldom symptomatic until the rate drops below 50 beats per minute.
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Angioplasty
Definition
The technique of mechanically widening A narrowed or obstructed blood vessel; typically as a result of atherosclerosis. Tightly folded ballons are passed into narrowed locations and then inflated to a fixed size using water pressures some 75 to 500 times normal blood pressure (6 to 20 atmospheres).
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Stenosis
Definition
An abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure.
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Valvuloplasty
Definition
The repair of a stenotic aortic valve using a balloon catheter inside the valve.
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Heart failure
Definition
A condition in which a problem with structure or function of the heart impairs its ability to supply sufficient blood flow to meet the body's needs.
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Annuloplasty
Definition
a cardiac surgery procedure performed by cardiac surgeons to treat stenosis or leakage of the mitral valve.
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Q wave infarction
Definition
Acute myocardial infarction that occurs during the period when circulation to a region of the heart is obstructed and necrosis is occuring
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Aneurysm
Definition
A localized, blood filled dilation (balloon like bluge) of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall.
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Embolectomy
Definition
A localized, blood-filled dilation (balloon like bulge) of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall.
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Thrombolytics
Definition
Drugs are used in medicine to dissolve blood clots in a procedure termed thrombolysis. They limit the damage caused by the blockage of the blood vessel.
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Hypertension
Definition
a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated. It is also referred to as high blood pressure.
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ankle brachial index
Definition
The ratio of the blood pressure in the lower legs to the blood pressure in the arms.
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