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| A blood vessel that carries oxygen-poor blood from heart to lungs |
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| Contraction phase of the hearbeat |
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| Located between the left upper & lower chambers of the heart |
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| Sac like membrane surrounding the heart |
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| Sensitive tissue in the right atrium wall that begins the heart beat? |
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| Blood vessels branching from the aorta to carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle |
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| Instrument to measure blood pressure |
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| A local widening of an artery--Cause: atherosclerosis,hypertension, congenital weakness in vessel wall. |
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| BLUISH COLORATION OF THE SKIN |
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| Cyanosis:______ indicates diminished oxygen content of the blood. |
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| LOSS OF BLOOD FLOW & OXYGEN TO TISSUE. |
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| Ischemia:____is no sufficient; can lead to tissue death if not treated. |
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| Chest pain resulting from myocardial infraction (Heart Attack), Drug RX is Nitroglycerin. (positive markers in blood stream troponin-I (cTnI), troponin-T (cTnT) |
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1)called tachycardia excess movement of heart rate
2)called bradycardia to slow a movement of a heart rate.
3) fibrillation (most common type)in a fast and disorganized way, causes the atria to quiver instead of contract. |
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| A small pinpoint hemorrhae. |
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| Blood clot forms in a large lower limb vessel |
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| Four separate congenital heart defects |
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| THE CAUSE OF ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION IS: |
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1) Idiopathic: Essential or primary hypertension, tends to develop gradually over many years. rx: Drugs such as Diuretice,ACE ihibitors, calcium channel blockers, and beta-blockers...life style & food intake changes recommended.
2) secondary hypertension, tends to appear suddenly and cause higher blood pressure. causes can be associated lesion, ie: glomerulonephritis, pyelonephritis, or disease of the adrenal glands. |
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| Serum enzymes, serum creatine kinase (CK), Lactate dehydrogenase (LD), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) |
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| echocardiography, echo is a sonogram of the heart |
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| Venotomy or phlebotomy: called a venous cut-down |
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| REMOVAL OF PLAQUE FROM THE INNER LINING OF AN ARTERY: |
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| endarterectomy: innermost (endo- lining of the artery (arter/o-ectomy)REMOVAL |
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| ECG(Electrocardiogram) test during a 24 hour period to detect cardiac arrhythmias. |
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