Symptoms
You are clinically dead
What is cardiac arrest?
Risk factor often related to smoking and pollution's contributing to the narrowing of arteries and increased risk of heart disease
What is air pollution?
The combining form "cardi/o" refers to this organ
What is the heart?
Class of medicine that helps lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease
What are stations?
A test to record the electrical signals in the heart
What is an ECG or EKG
Blood pressure below the normal range
What is Hypotension?
#1 Lifestyle factor leading to heart disease often also leading to obesity
What is lack of exercise?
The term angi/o is used when referring to these blood vessels
What are the blood vessels?
Life-saving procedure involving chest compression's and rescue breaths on a person who's heart has stopped
What is CPR?
A scan that shows blood flow through arteries or veins, or through the heart, using X-rays
What is an Angiogram?
Arteries surrounding the heart are diseased, causing chest pain radiating to the extremities.
What is coronary artery disease?
A slight break or weakness in the muscular layer of an artery allows the pressure of the blood to push the walls of the blood vessel out
What is an Aneurysm?
The combining form vascul/o refers to the system that transports blood throughout the body
What is the vascular system?
Medical device often implanted in the chest to help regulate abnormal heart rhythms by delivering electrical impulses
What is a pacemaker?
A noninvasive, painless test using computerized x-ray scans that evaluates your heart and surrounding blood vessels to identify any blockages and narrowing of your arteries
What is a heart CT scan?
What is Leukemia?
A failure in the body’s ability to transport calcium, which interferes with its electrical and mechanical functions
What is cardiac arrest?
The term arteri/o is used to describe these blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood away from the heart
What are the arteries?
This emergency treatment is used to restart the heart after sudden cardiac arrest
What is defibrilation?
Test using radioactive material to target the heart aimed at creating a image of blood flowing through the heart
What is a MUGA scan?
Not enough healthy blood cells to carry enough oxygen throughout the body causing fatigue and pain
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
A spasm or blockage of one or more coronary arteries, which results in ischemia to a portion of the heart muscle
What is Angina?
The combining form thromb/o refers to these dangerous blockages
What are blood clots?
Minimally invasive procedure using a balloon-tipped catheter to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries
What is angioplasty?
Test using a contrast medium to determine the condition of the deep veins of the legs
What is a venogram?