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| High fat diets can lead to formation of fatty plaques lining blood vessels. These fatty areas can become calcified and hard leading to arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries. When blood vessels become less stretchable, blood pressure rises and can result in heart and kidney damage and strokes. |
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| Heart attack. The blockage occurs in one of the arteries of the heart muscle itself, a coronary artery. Depending upon how much tissue dies, a victim of an MI may survive and undergo cardiac rehabilitation, strengthening the remaining heart muscle, or may die if too much muscle tissue is destroyed. |
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| No rhythm/abnormal rhythm |
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| the heart is not getting enough blood flow, the oxygen the blood carries is insufficient to sustain muscle which has a very high metabolic rate, and oxygen demand. |
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| a physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the circulatory system, especially, the heart |
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| a physician specializing in diseases of the blood. |
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| Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) |
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| a printout recording of the electrical activity of the heart. A frequently used instrument in the hands of a cardiologist. |
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| using ultra high frequency sound waves (beyond human hearing), similar to “sonar,” to form an image of the inside of the heart. This procedure can demonstrate valve damage, congenital (before birth) defects and other abnormalities. |
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| a long hollow tube, a catheter, can be threaded into an artery up into the heart. Then material opaque to X-rays can be released into the blood flow through the heart imaging the details of coronary arteries. Typically used to identify a blockage and location in the coronary circulation. |
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| Phlebotomist/venipuncturist |
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| the specially trained nurse or technician draws blood for lab tests and may also start IV’s (intravenous fluids). The Greek and Latin versions of “cutting into a vein.” |
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