Cardiovascular Vocabulary
Abnormally fast heart rate
What is Tachycardia?
Inserted into veins to push aside and crush plaque to restore blood flow
what is a stent ?
heart muscle is damaged or overworked and lacks the strength to keep blood circulating normally through the body
What is congestive heart failure?
What is breast cancer ?
tube that takes blood from the heart
What are arteries?
Changing the way eat and level of physical activity
what is diet and exercise ?
Chest pain that maybe experienced with a heart attack
Angina
what is cancer
uncontrollably growing cells
tubes that take blood back to the heart
What are Veins?
Vein from the leg is inserted to rout blood around a blocked artery
Bypass surgery
fatty deposits that narrow the arterial walls also known as coronary heart disease.
What is Atherosclerosis?
type of tumor that grows and spreads.
What is malignant?
abnormally slow heart rate
What is Bradycardia?
stimulates body's defenses to attack cancer
What is immune therapy?
disruption of blood flow to the heart
Cancer causing substances or chemicals.
What are carcinogens?
the function of the heart
What is distribute oxygen to the body through blood?
can shrink cancerous tumors to a more manageable size for surgery
What is Chemotherapy?
disruption of blood flow to the brain.
what is a stroke ?
Cancer of the blood.
What is Leukemia?