Disease
A condition in which the blood doesn't have enough healthy red blood cells and hemoglobin to carry oxygen all through the body.
What is anemia?
A condition in which the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls is too low.
What is hypotension/low blood pressure?
A doctor monitors your heart, blood pressure, and breathing while you exercise on a treadmill or stationary bike.
What is a stress test?
A procedure that uses a special dye (contrast material) and x-rays to see how blood flows through the arteries in your heart.
What is a coronary angiography?
A change in the foods that one eats to promote heart health.
What is a diet?
A rapid heartbeat.
What is tachycardia?
Sudden, unexpected loss of heart function, breathing, and consciousness.
What is cardiac arrest?
A recording of the heart's electrical activity through repeated cardiac cycles through electrodes.
What is an electrocardiogram (EKG/ECG)?
A procedure that uses radiofrequency energy to destroy a small area of heart tissue that is causing rapid and irregular heartbeats
What is an ablation?
A class of medications that lower cholesterol.
What is a statin?
An abnormally slow heartbeat, usually lower than 60 bpm.
What is bradycardia?
A sudden blocking of an artery.
What is an embolism?
A type of imaging that uses X-ray techniques to create detailed images of the body.
What is a CT scan?
The insertion of a catheter into a chamber or vessel of the heart.
What is cardiac catheterization?
Class of medications that are predominantly used to manage abnormal heart rhythms, and to protect the heart from a second heart attack after a first heart attack.
What are beta blockers?
A ballooning and weakened area in an artery.
What is an aneurysm?
A cancer of blood-forming tissues.
What is leukemia?
A test used to measure the oxygen level (oxygen saturation) of the blood.
What is pulse oximetry?
An operation in which a failing heart is replaced with a healthier donor heart.
What is a heart transplant?
An increase in the activity level of a person to promote heart health.
What is exercise?
A condition in which the force of the blood against the artery walls is too high.
What is hypertension/high blood pressure?
Blood flowing abnormally across the heart valves causing a whooshing sound.
What is a heart murmur?
An ultrasound test that checks the structure and function of your heart.
What is an echocardiogram?
An implanted medical device that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes to one or more of the chambers of the heart.
What is a pacemaker?
Medicines that help relax the veins and arteries to lower blood pressure.
What are ACE inhibitors?