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100

I am the amount of ventricular stretch  at the end of diastole.

Preload?

200

You use me to lower a heart rate but I am not a procedure or medication. 

Valsalva maneuver

300

The volume of blood pumped out of the left ventricle of the heart during each systolic cardiac contraction. 

Stroke volume

400

I am chest pain at rest. With me you will see ST changes on your ECG. 

Variant angina

500

I am caused by the closing of the mitral and tricuspid valves during ventricular contraction. 

S1, systole, lub

A bit of A&P

100

I am the fluid filled sac that surrounds the heart

Pericardium

200

I am the two lower chambers of the heart

Ventricles

300

I receive oxygenated blood from the lungs and pump it through the mitral valve to the left ventricle.

Left atrium

400

I separate the right atrium from the right ventricle.

Tricuspid valve

500

I receive unoxygenated blood from the superior and inferior vena cava.

Right atrium

Treatments

100

I am used when there is regurgitation of the mitral valve

Mitral valve replacement

200

I am mostly used as a diagnostic tool. I am a catheter that is threaded through an artery or vein into the heart; often I can clear a blockage in this area. 

Cardiac catheterization

300

I am used to treatment of endocarditis and the prevention of valvular disease.

Antibiotics

400

I am the pain reliever of choice during a myocardial infarction. 

Morphine

500

I am given in order to prevent strain that may trigger arrhythmias or cardiac arrest. 

Stool softener

Left or right

100

Tricuspid valve

Right

200

Mitral valve

Left

300

Tachypnea

Left

400

Edema

Right

500

Fatigue

Left and right

Diagnostics

100

Checks for clots while providing a detailed picture of the heart and its internal structures. 

TEE

200

I test for the level of a protein found in the heart which only enters the bloodstream when there is heart damage. My partner and I are IT when it comes to diagnosing myocardial infarctions. 

Troponin I 

300

I am a lab value. My levels go up when the heart cannot pump the way it should. The higher I am, the more likely there is heart failure. Some call me a pro.

BNP

400

I use sound waves to create pictures of the heart. I can diagnose heart failure. Hint: Ejection fraction.

Echocardiogram

500

I use radioactive material to show how well blood flows into the heart muscles. 

Nuclear stress test.