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24 Cards in this Set
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Arrhythmia |
Abnormal heartbeat (bradycardia brady- slow) (tachycardia tachy- fast) |
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Cardiodynia Cardio DIN-ee-a |
Pain in the heart or the region of the heart dynia- pain |
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Cardiogenic shock |
A decrease in the amount of blood pumped by the heart -Genic-produced by something Shock - a drop in blood supply resulting in lack of oxygen to tissues |
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Atrial flutter |
Muscles cells of Atria don’t contract at the same time |
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Ventricular fibrillation |
Muscles of ventricles do not contract at the same time |
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Gastroesophageal reflux |
Heartburn |
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Myocardial infarction (MI) |
Heart attack Myo- muscle; cardia-heart; infarction- obstruction of the blood supply to an organ |
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Pallor |
Pale skin tone |
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Cyanosis |
Skin tone is Bluish colour Cyan- blue green colour -osis -abnormal production of |
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Hypotensive |
Low blood pressure Hypo- low Hyper- high |
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Cardiomyoliposis |
Fatty degeneration of the myocardium ( the middle muscular layer of the heart Cardio- heart Myo- muscle Lip- fat Osis- condition |
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Cardionecrosis |
Death of myocardial tissue Myo-muscle; cardia - heart; necr- death; -osis-condition of |
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Angina |
Chest pain |
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Pericardial effusion |
An accumulation of fluid between heart and the pericardium (middle membrane surrounding the heart) Cardi-heart; peri-around;-al -pertaining to; effusion-escape of fluid |
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Aneurism |
Abnormal widening (dilation) and weakening of a blood vessel’s wall |
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Hemorrhage |
Abnormal bleeding |
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Artherosclerosis |
Cholesterol deposits on the inside of blood vessels |
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Angiostenosis |
Narrowing of blood a vessel Angio-vessel; stenosis- abnormal narrowing |
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Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) - stroke |
Disruption of blood flow to Brain resulting in death of brain tissue. Can result in paralysis and loss of sensation on the side of the body opposite to the side of the brain where they occurred. Ischemic stroke -blood clot; hemorrhagic stroke-broken blood vessel |
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Leukemia |
Cancer of the blood -increase of immature white blood cells that crowd out normal white and red cells Leuk- white; -emia-condition related to blood |
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Leukocytosis |
Higher level of white blood cells than normal Leuk-white; cyto- cell; -osis- condition of |
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Vasculitis |
Inflammation of blood vessels Vascul- blood vessel; itis-inflammation Phlebitis inflammation of veins Arteritis - inflammation of arteries |
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Hypertrophy |
Thickening of Blood vessels. Muscular hypertrophy; vascular hypertrophy; ventricular hypertrophy |
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Deep vein thrombosis |
A blood clot attached to the wall of a deep vein |
