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| chest pain due to lack of blood-flow |
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| ballon-like devices which are inserted into the blood vessels, pushes plaque against the wall and open the vessel |
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| principle artery of the systematic curcuit coming out of the heart |
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| blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart |
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| chamber in heart that receives blood from veins |
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| tiny blood vessels that penetrare all tissues and deliver food and oxygen directly to cells |
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| volume of blood pumped by the left ventricle per minute |
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| blood vessel that delivers blood to the heart muscle |
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| a surgical procedure in which a blood vessel is grafted onto arteries serving the heart to by-pass a blockage |
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| system of blood flow in which de-oxygenated and oxygenated blood are kept seperate |
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| event in which heart stops due to inadequate blood flow to the heart muscle usually due to blockage in coronary arteries |
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| accumulation of material on inner surfaces of blood vessels |
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| blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to lungs |
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| path of blood from the heart, to the lungs, and back to the heart |
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| blood vessel that carries blood from the lungs back to the heart |
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| volume of blood pumped by left ventricle per beat |
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| path of blood from the heart, to all parts of the body (except lungs) and back to the heart |
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| blood vessels that transport blood to the heart |
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| major vein returning blood to the right atrium |
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| chamber in the heart with thick muscular walls to pump blood out of the heart |
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