Vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart
What are arteries?
100
Substance that causes arteries to clog.
What is plaque?
100
The chamber that pumps blood into the lungs.
What is the left ventricle?
100
Normal serum level is 3.5-5 mEq/L
What is potassium?
200
Lack of blood flow to coronary arteries causing death to the heart muscle
What is an MI?
200
The smallest blood vessels
What are capillaries?
200
Test of the electrical activity of the heart
What is and EKG?
200
The valve that connects the right atrium to the right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve?
200
The procedure using a balloon to open arteries.
What is angioplasty?
300
The medical term for Chest Pain
What is angina pectoris?
300
Blood cells responsible for clotting
What are plateletes?
300
Two components of the diet that cause heart problems.
What is fat and sodium?
300
Another name for the bicuspid valve
What is the mitral valve?
300
Implanted device that regulates the heart beat.
What is a pacemaker?
400
Pump failure that causes back flow of blood into the lungs
What is congestive heart failure?
400
Condition for which morbidly obese and malnourished are at risk
What is amenia?
400
Medication that increases blood flow to the heart.
What is Nitroglycerin?
400
The largest vein in the body.
What is the vena cava?
400
Helps to obtain information about O2 levels and pressure readings within heart chambers. Can use contrast medium to assist with examining structure and motion of the heart.
What is cardiac catheterization?
500
A clot that breaks off and travels through the blood stream
What is an embolus?
500
Blood test used to determine oxygenation saturation of the tissues.
What is Arterial Blood Gasses?
500
Sedentary lifestyle, obesity, high cholesterol, and smoking.
What are risk factors for heart disease?
500
Responsible for electrical impulses to the heart muscle.
What is the SA node?
500
Inhibits NaCl reabsorption in the thick ascending limb of the loop of henle. Increases secretion of Na and Cl.