what the heart
this one of the four chambers of the heart
what is:
the right atrium, the left atrium, the left ventricle, the right ventricle
This side of heart failure commonly causes swelling in the legs and feet.
What is right-sided heart failure?
this word describes valvular malfunction causing the backflow of blood (blood goes in the wrong direction)
what is regurgitation
Reducing this mineral in your diet helps prevent fluid retention.
What is sodium?
This disease occurs when arteries supplying the heart become narrowed or blocked.
What is CAD?
True or false: The heart has three muscular layers, the myocardium being the middle layer, the endocardium being the outside layer, and the epicardium being the deepest inner layer.
what is false
(epicardium is the outermost layer and endocardium is the innermost layer)
This symptom of heart failure describes difficulty breathing when lying flat.
What is orthopnea?
blood within pulmonary arteries enters this chamber of the heart after picking up oxygen from the lungs
what is the left atrium
This condition causes the heart to work harder to pump blood throughout the body.
What is High blood pressure?
This complication of heart failure causes swelling in the legs, feet, or abdomen.
What is Edema?
blood enters the heart through these veins which carry deoxygenated blood from other parts of the body (upper and lower extremities) to the heart so that it can be oxygenated
what is: inferior vena cava and superior vena cava
In this type of left-sided heart failure, the heart muscle is too stiff to fill with enough blood.
What is diastolic heart failure?
This complication of heart failure can cause the abdomen to swell due to fluid accumulation.
What is ascites?
This disease increases cardiovascular damage and is a risk factor for heart failure. (hint: also affects feet, eyes, and kidneys)
What is Diabetes?
This condition causes blood vessels in the lungs to experience abnormally high pressure.
What is Pulmonary hypertension?
when a clot forms by a plaque breaking open, it blocks the artery and blood flow causing this dangerous condition
what is heart attack/stroke
The most common cause of right-sided heart failure is this.
What is left-sided heart failure?
This test records the electrical activity of the heart and can detect abnormal heart rhythms.
What is an EKG?
This substance builds up inside arteries, causing them to narrow and harden.
What is Plaque?
Reduced blood flow from heart failure is known to affect which other organ?
What is the kidney?
in the blood circulatory pathway, the blood goes through this gate to get to the pulmonary veins and to the lungs to be oxygenated
what is the pulmonary (semilunar) valve
This test uses sound waves to show the heart’s size, structure, and valves.
What is an echocardiogram?
This measurement helps classify heart failure and guide treatment by evaluating how much blood the heart pumps out.
What is Ejection fraction?
This stage of atherosclerosis occurs when white blood cells respond to damage and inflammation in an artery.
What is Immune activation?
This type of heart failure occurs when the heart muscle is too weak to squeeze blood out effectively.
What is systolic HF?