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Heart Structures
Diseases
Tests/Procedures
Electrical System
100
97.6-99
What is a normal temperature?
100
valve between the r atria and r ventricle
What is the tricuspid valve?
100
also known as a heart attack, when the coronary arteries become blocked
What is myocardial infarction MI
100
a graphic tracing of the electrical activity of the heart
What is an EKG?
100
contraction or depolarization
What is systole?
200
60-100bpm
What is a normal pulse range?
200
pumps blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs
What is r ventricle?
200
general term for diseases afecting the coronary arteries
What is CAD or coranay artery disease
200
a catheter is inserted into an artery and guided into the heart, may be used to diagnose or tx blockages.
What is cardiac cath?
200
the hearts pacemaker
What is the SA node?
300
the largest chamber of the heart
What is the l ventricle?
300
syndrome where the heart cannot pump enogh blood to keep up with the oxygen demand
What is what is CHF or congestive heart failure
300
test where ultra sound is used in evaluate the structure and motion of the heart
What is an echocardiogram?
300
heart heart of 75 bpm, rhythm-regular, P waves, PR and QRS intervals, all WNL
What is normal sinus rhythm?
400
85/50
What is hypotension?
400
layer of tissue on the outside of the heart
What is the epicardium?
400
hardening or narrowing of the arteries
What is atherosclerosis?
400
Use of electrical shock to restore the hearts rhythm
What is cardioversion?
400
rhythm normal, rate normal for the QRS but the p waves are small f's but not measureable.
What is afib?
500
When the ventricles of the heart are contracting?
What is Systole?
500
muscle tissue that seperates the right and left sides of the heart
What is the septum?
500
cessation of heart activity
What is cardiac arrest?
500
drug used to produce or increase urination
What are diuretics?
500
rate 50 bpm rhythm-normal, p waves normal, PR and QRS complex normal
What is bradycardia
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