Key Terms
Heart Diseases
Arteries Diseases
Veins Diseases
Rare Diseases
100
An inner space or width that help determine blood pressure.
What is Lumen?
100
A heart disease that is achieved by preventing or controlling hypertension.
What is Hypertensive Heart Disease?
100
A disease of the arteries that causes by kidney disease.
What is Hypertension?
100
Veins that are dilated, tortuous and elongated veins common found in the legs.
What is Varicose veins?
100
Is a right sided heart failure related to acute or chronic pulmonary disease.
What is Cor Pulmonale?
200
An extremely low blood pressure that leads to decrease tissue.
What is Perfusion?
200
Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of....
What is Angina Pectoris?
200
Vessels that are partially or completely occluded or stopped by arteriosclerotic.
What is Peripheral Vascular?
200
A disease that can be diagnosed from a physical examination of veins in the legs?
What is Phlebitis?
200
Is a form of essential hypertension that is considered a medical emergency?
What is Malignant Hypertension?
300
An external and internal blood loss.
What is Exsanguination?
300
It is commonly called a heart attack and often leads to cardiac arrest.
What is Myocardial Infraction?
300
A weakening of the wall of an artery that allows the vessel to rupture.
What is Aneurism?
300
This disease is primary occurs in the lower legs, thighs, and pelvis.
What is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
300
Is a vasospastic disorder that primary affect the fingers and toes.
What is Rynaud's Disease?
400
A condition of developing muscle cramps that are relieved with rest and increase activity.
What is Intermittent Claudication?
400
A abnormalities in heart rhythm due to disturbance in the conduction system of the heart.
What is Arrhythmias?
400
The leading cause of death in the United States today.
What is Coronary Artery?
400
This disease is in the deep vein called...
What is Thrombophlebitis?
400
Known as thromboangiitis...
What is Buerger's Disease?
500
A screens for peripheral arterial disease by measuring the blood pressure at the ankle and in the arm?
What is Ankle- brachial index?
500
A heart muscle disease.
What is Cardiomyopathy?
500
This disease can be the result of a combination of factors that can be controllable and uncontrollable.
What is Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerosis?
500
This type of diseases are most common in older adults.
What is Diseases of the Vein?
500
A rare disease that is fatal as a result of occlusion and rupture of the involved vessels?
What is Polyarteritis Nodosa?
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