Define Cardiomegaly
Enlarged heart muscle
This is a symptom of coronary artery disease which is a pain or discomfort in your chest, arm, neck, stomach or jaw that happens when the blood supply to your heart becomes restricted because of your arteries becoming narrowed.
Angina Pectoris
The is heart is located between what organ
the lungs
A quick painless test that records electrical signals in the heart.
Electrocardiography
ECG or EKG
activity recorded in an electrocardiogram caused by extraneous activity such as patient movement, loose lead, or electrical interference.
Artifact
Define Cardiomyopathy
any disease effecting the myocardium
Atherosclerosis
Buildup of fatty plaque on the interior lining of arteries
What is the area called between the left part of the heart and the right side of the heart called
Cellular wall
It uses sound waves to create detailed images of the heart in motion.
It shows how blood moves through the heart and heart valves.
Echocardiogram
Electrode or electrical connection attached to the body to record electrical impulses in the body, especially the heart and brain.
Lead
Bradycardia
&
Tachycardia
Bradycardia: heart rate of less than 60 bpm (Slow heart rate)
Tachycardia: heart rate of more than 100bpm (Fast heart rate)
Local dilation in a blood vessel wall
Aneurysm
What is the name of the 1st part and the last part that the blood comes into the heart and the last area it leaves
The Superior vena cava is first and Aorta is last
This test often involves walking on the treadmill or riding a stationary bike while the heart is being monitored.
Exercise test or stress test
Myocardial Infarction (MI)
Death of cardiac muscle due to lack of blood flow to the muscle. Also known as a heart attack.
Define Pericarditis
inflammation of the sac that covers the heart
Ischemia of the brain due to an occlusion of the blood vessels supplying the brain, resulting in varying degrees of debilitation
CVA- Cerebrovascular accident
Name the 4 valves in the heart
Pulmonary, Tricuspid, Mitral, Aortic valve
Surgical procedure that increases the blood flow to the heart by bypassing the occluded or blocked vessel with a graft.
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
Palpitations
feeling of an increased heart rate or pounding heart response that may be felt during an emotional response or a cardiac disorder
Define Myocarditis
Endocarditis
Myocarditis: Inflammation of the myocardial layer of the heart
Endocarditis: Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
your heart muscle can’t meet your body’s demand for blood and oxygen
Congestive Heart Failure
Out of the 4 main functions of the heart. Name 3!
(1) Maintain blood pressure (2) Pumping oxygenated blood to other parts of the body (3) Receiving deoxygenated blood and carrying metabolic waste products from the body and pumping it to the lungs for oxygen
A procedure that improves blood flow through a coronary artery by pressing the plaque against the wall of the artery with a balloon on a catheter, allowing more blood flow.
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)
Acute episode of cerebrovascular insufficiency, usually a result of narrowing of an artery by atherosclerotic plaques, emboli, or vasospasms; usually passes quickly by should be considered a warning for predisposition to cerebrovascular accidents.
Transient ischemic attach (TIA)