Cardiovascular Vocabulary
Treatment
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cancer
100

Abnormally fast heart rate 

What is Tachycardia? 

100

Inserted into veins to push aside and crush plaque to restore blood flow 

what is a stent ? 

100

heart muscle is damaged or overworked and lacks the strength to keep blood circulating normally through the body

What is congestive heart failure? 

100
one of the most common type of cancer; mostly affects women. 

What is breast cancer ? 

200

tube that takes blood from the heart

What are arteries? 

200

Changing the way eat and level of physical activity

what is diet and exercise ?

200

Chest pain that maybe experienced with a heart attack 

Angina 

200

what is cancer

uncontrollably growing cells

300

tubes that take blood back to the heart 

What are Veins?

300

Vein from the leg is inserted to rout blood around a blocked artery 

Bypass surgery 

300

fatty deposits that narrow the arterial walls also known as coronary heart disease. 

What is Atherosclerosis? 

300

type of tumor that grows and spreads. 

What is malignant? 

400

abnormally slow heart rate 

What is Bradycardia? 

400

stimulates body's defenses to attack cancer

What is immune therapy? 

400

disruption of blood flow to the heart 

What is a Heart attack?
400

Cancer causing substances or chemicals. 

What are carcinogens? 

500

the function of the heart

What is distribute oxygen to the body through blood?

500

can shrink cancerous tumors to a more manageable size for surgery

What is Chemotherapy? 

500

disruption of blood flow to the brain. 

what is a stroke ? 

500

Cancer of the blood. 

What is Leukemia?