Death of the muscle cells in the heart due to a blocked coronary artery. It is also known as a heart attack.
What is a Myocardial Infarction?
100
An arrhythmia in which there is a fast but regular rhythm.
What is Tachycardia
100
This procedure uses a transducer to produce ultra high-frequency sound waves that are bounced off the heart to create an image.
What is an echocardiogram?
200
The upper chambers of the heart
What are atria?
200
Once the electrical impulse of the heart travels through the AV node it goes here.
What is the Bundle of His.
200
A condition that frequently causes peripheral and pulmonary edema.
What is congestive heart failure?
200
Complete absence of a heartbeat.
What is asystole?
200
This procedure records the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an electrocardiogram or EKG?
300
The lower chambers of the heart.
What are ventricle?
300
This is another word for contraction.
What is Systole.
300
Mild to severe chest pain caused by ischemia of the myocardium.
What is Angina Pectoris
300
Elevated blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
300
In this procedure a catheter is inserted and threaded to the site where there is narrowing in the artery. A balloon is inflated causing compression of the plaque and widens the opening of the artery. A stent can also be use.
What is Angioplasty
400
These large veins bring deoxygenated blood into the heart from all parts of the body.
What are the Inferior and Superior Vena Cavas?
400
This is another word for expansion and is the resting period between contractions.
What is Diastole
400
Enlargement of the heart
What is cardiomegaly.
400
Sudden, severe vasoconstriction and spasm of the arterioles in the fingers and toes often triggered by cold.
What is Raynaud's Disease?
400
This procedure bypasses on occluded coronary artery using a vein from the leg to restore blood flow to the heart muscle.
What is CABG or coronary artery bypass graft
500
The valve located between the right atrium and right ventricle.
What is the Tricuspid Valve.
500
The electrical impulse of the heart ends in a network of nerves in the right and left ventricles known as this.
What are Purkinje Fibers?
500
An area of dilation and weakness in the wall of an artery.
What is an aneurysm?
500
Any type of irregularity in the rate or rhythm of the heart.
What is an arrhythmia?
500
This procedure is performed to evaluate the heart's response to exercise.