Acute Disorders
Angina is
Chest pain, pressure, or discomfort.
What does an Enzyme do?
Speeds up a specific reaction
When does the heart mature?
Early Adulthood
Inflammation of the pericardium
Pericarditis
Used to treat varicose veins
Compression stockings and surgery.
Mucus coughed up from lungs
Sputum
Rh factor represents what?
If the blood type is either positive or negative.
What happens to the heart as you get older?
Heart rate gradually slows.
Usually occurs in the legs and appear as twisted and enlarged veins commonly shown in women.
Varicose veins
Cessation, medications, exercise, and surgery.
Who is more likely to be diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation
Elderly patients.
What are the most common antigens?
A and B antigens
What happens to the blood vessels as you get older?
They thicken and stiffen.
Blood clot or loosened plaque blocking a coronary artery decreasing oxygen to the heart muscle.
Ischemia
surgical valve replacement treats what disorder?
Heart valve disorders
What is usually required for people with leukemia as treatment?
Chemotherapy, radiation, medication, or bone marrow transplant.
Name all of the blood types
A, B, AB, and O
How does the fetus get oxygen before birth?
The mother's circulatory system provides oxygenated blood.
Deformed RBCs, abnormal hemoglobin, causes pain and organ damage.
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Treatment for hemophilia
Infusion of clotting.
Causes of leukemia are:
Protein made by the body to protect against foreign substances.
Antibody
What openings close after birth in a newborn?
Foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus.
Shortness of breath, chest pain, fever, fatigue, and heart murmur.
endocarditis
Treatment for anemia.
Iron treatments, medication or blood transfusions.