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| Volume of blood in ventricle after contraction and ventricular filling |
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| Obstruction of a vessel by a bolus of matter in circulation |
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| blockage or compression of a body part |
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| tension or pressure that must be generated by ventricle in order to eject blood |
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| fluid accumulation in the pericardial sac |
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| inflammation in the pericardial sac |
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| blood clot that adheres to a deep vein |
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| Localized dilatation or out pouching of a vessel |
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| In both systolic and diastolic arterial pressure on standing |
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| Chronic Venous insufficiency |
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| inadequate venous return over a long period of time |
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| disturbance in cardiac rhythm |
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| distended, tortuous, palpable veins |
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| Process of thickening and harding of vessels with plaque. Leading contributor to coronary artery and cerebrovascular disease. |
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| Stiffening of the arteries, loss of elasticity in medium or large arteries. |
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| Hypernsion non-modifiable risks |
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| Age >60, postmenopausal women >70, family hx, African American, DM, low socioeconioc and low education. |
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| Hypertension modifiable risks |
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| smoking, excessive ETOH, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, elevated serum lipids. excessive NA, low K+, Magnesuim and calcium intake. high Stress |
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| Dyslipidemia, htn, smoking, DM, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, atherogenic diet |
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| CAD non-traditional or Novel risks |
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| Increased serum markers for inflamation and thrombosis, hyperhomocystienemia, low levels or adipoklines, and infections, espically H. Pylori, Chlamydia pneumonia and CMV |
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| consistent elevation of systemic arterial blood pressure |
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| AKA essiential or idiopathic HTN, etiology is unknown. Combination of enviornmental and genetics. |
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| elevation of systolic b/p with a normal diastolic. More common in older adults. caused by loss of elasticity in large arteries related to atherosclerotic changes. |
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| a disease process related tothe formation of plaques within the atrial walls that cause thickening and hardening, eventually dimishing the size of the arterial lumen |
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| most commonly caused by Athersclerosis. increase in size of plaque, platelets, fibrin, and cellular debris which narrows the coronary artery lumen impeding blood flow, starving the myocardium of o2. cellular death occurs after 20 minutes of ischemic conditions. |
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| unstable angina, most often a result of athersclerotic CAD, precurser for MI |
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| rightsided heart failure, the inablity of the right ventrical to provide aqeduate blood flow into the pulmonary circulation. CM - Jugularvein distention, peripheral edema, hepatosplenomegaly and possible portal HTN. |
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| left sided, systolic or diastolic failure. CM- pulmonary and vascular congestion, dyspnea, orthopnea, cough with frothy sputum, fatigue, dec urinary output and edema |
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| out-pouching or localized dilation of arterial vessel or cardiac chamber, most commonly the thoracic or abdominal aorta. HTN contributes to liklyhood of rupture. |
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| result of untreated rheumatic fever, scarring and deformities of cardiac structers. Can also be a result of valvular stenosis and aschoff body formation. CM-fever, lymphadenopathy, acute polyarthralgia, chorea, erythematous rash on trunk, and ECG abnormalities. |
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| Peripheral Artery Disease |
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| Atherosclerosis which affects perfusion to the limbs, usually lower limbs |
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| aka Thromboangitis obliterans, seen in young males who are heavy smokers.thrombus formation and vasospasm |
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| Vasospastic, affecting small arteries and arteriols in the fingers. Young women, secondary to other conditions such as collagen vascular disease, myxedema trauma, serum sickness,or autoimmue states. |
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| sluggish circulation, pooling and hypoxia deprive local tissure of needed nutrient delivery and waste removal. |
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