Anatomy and Physiology
Heart Disease
Arrhythmia's
Syndromes
Potpourri
100
Total occlusion of this blood vessel is referred to as a "widow maker"
What is the left main coronary artery?
100
Number 1 cause of death in the United States.
What is Cardiovascular Disease?
100
In medical terminology this is the root word for heart
What is cardi?
100
This syndrome's name contains the name of an animal, a disease and a color?
What is Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?
100

Hypothermia is associated with bradycardia as well as this unique ECG finding.

What is a Osborne wave?
200

This term used to describe the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle with each contraction.

What is left ventricular ejection fraction or EF?
200
This occurs when blood flow to a portion of the heart is blocked.
What is a heart attack?
200
This name is given to the atria when they contract.
What is "atrial kick".
200

This syndrome is associated with a prolonged ECG measurement and can be either inherited or acquired.

What is long QT syndrome?

200
This athletic facility is home to the Nebraska volleyball team.
What is the Coliseum?
300
In this phase of the action potential is a critical period where a stimulus may trigger ventricular arrhythmias.
What is phase 3 or relative refractory period?
300
This disease is caused by rheumatic fever. 
What is valvular heart diesase?
300
This term means "slow heart" in Latin.
What is bradycardia?
300

This syndrome occurs more frequently in Asians males and a fever can triggered syncope or sudden cardiac arrest, especially in children.

What is Brugada syndrome?

300
This was the team name prior to being called the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
What is the Bugeaters?
400

Latin term that means "the cross of the heart". Area at the back of the heart where the walls of the four chambers meet.

What the crux?
400
stop smoking, lose weight, eat healthy, and excersise
What is ways to reduce CAD?
400
This term refers to the heart contracting.
What is systole?
400

This syndrome is transient and mimics acute coronary syndrome?

What is Takotsubo "broken heart" syndrome ?
400
This coach led the Nebraska Cornhusker to back to back National Champanionship titles in football in 1970 and 1971.
What is Bob Devaney?
500
Electrophysiology pathway what circuit is used 
What is AVRNT?
500
Preferred method of stopping a heart attack
What is angioplasty and stenting.
500
This term is given to a "fast heart".
What is tachycardia?
500

This syndrome is associated with angina and decreased blood flow to cardiac cells but the angiogram reveals normal coronary arteries.

What is cardiac syndrome X?

500
These are the colors of the Nebraska Cornhusker team.
What is scarlet and creme?
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