Careers
What career conducts diagnostics tests to help physicians diagnose cardiovascular conditions.
EKG technician
Abnormal heart rhythms are ...
Arrhythmia
What do muscular walls do?
Divide the heart into two sides
Who uses electrocardiograms, Holter monitors, blood pressure tests and stress tests to identify what is causing their symptoms?
Cardiovascular technician
Coronary heart disease is when ...
the heart’s blood vessels become narrowed or blocked and can’t supply enough blood to the heart.
The right atrium and ventricle ...
pump oxygen-poor blood to the lungs
Who works with patients that experience breathing challenges such as emphysema, bronchitis and asthma?
Respiratory therapist
What happens when the blood supply to part of your heart muscle becomes completely blocked?
Heart attack
The left atrium and ventricle ...
pump oxygenated blood to the body
Who sedates patients before surgery?
Anesthesiologist
conditions of the heart that can be passed on through families are called
Inherited heart conditions
How many valves are in the heart
4
Who uses ultrasonic imaging machines to capture images of various organs and body parts, such as the heart and lungs
Medical sonographer
Who has congenital heart conditions present? (what age)
A fetus still in a mothers womb.
What is one of the jobs for the Conduction System?
Sets the heart rate or allows different parts of the heart to communicate with each other in order to function together.