1
What is the right atrium?
5
What is the aorta?
A
What is the SA node?
A condition when the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become hardened and narrowed due to the buildup of cholesterol and plaque
What is coronary artery disease?
An abnormally slow heart rate, slower than 60 beats per minute
What is bradycardia?
A medical procedure to improve blood flow to the heart by bypassing the blocked artery with a graft of a vein taken from somewhere else in the body
What is CABG?
2
What is the left atrium?
6
What is the superior vena cava?
B
What is the AV node?
A congenital condition that affects the protein in the body that helps build healthy connective tissue
What is Marfan syndrome?
A medical term that means high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
A procedure that uses a special dye and X-rays to see how blood flows through the arteries in your heart
What is an angiography?
3
What is the right ventricle?
7
What is the pulmonary artery?
C
What is the bundle of His?
A blowing, whooshing, or rasping sound heard during a heartbeat, caused by turbulent (rough) blood flow through the heart valves or near the heart
What is a murmur?
An imaging method that uses powerful magnets and radio waves to create pictures of the heart
What is an MRI?
Checks your heart while you exercise on a treadmill or stationary bicycle to show how well your heart works when it is pumping hard
What is a stress test?
4
What is the left ventricle?
The primary function of the valves of the heart
What is to prevent blood from back flowing?
D
What are the bundle branches?
An impact to the left chest that results in ventricular fibrillation, causing sudden cardiac arrest in an otherwise healthy heart
What is commotio cordis?
An irregular heartbeat
What is an arrhythmia?
A test that uses sound waves to create pictures of the heart
What is an echocardiogram?
The tendon-like cords of connective tissue that anchor the heart valves and prevent them from prolapse
What is the chordae tendineae?
E
What are the Purkinje fibers?
A disease causing the left ventricle of the heart to become larger and thicker but does NOT cause the heart to work harder
What is athletic heart syndrome?
A blood pressure persistently at or above 140/90
What is high blood pressure?
A method to bring an abnormal heart rhythm back to normal
What is cardioversion?
Known as the pacemaker of the heart and initiates the sinus rhythm, or normal electrical pattern followed by contraction of the heart
What is the SA node?
A condition in which the heart muscle becomes thick, making it more difficult for blood to leave the heart and causing the heart to work harder
What is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Records the heart's electrical activity
What is EKG?
A procedure that is used to scar small areas in your heart that may be involved in your heart rhythm problems
What is cardiac ablation?