fill with fluid
CHF is when the left ventricle fail as a forward pump causing the lung to what?
fill with fluid
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Name three treatments for Myocardial Infarction?
Dopamine, Angioplasty, surgery
100
An obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot or other matter carried in the circulation
Embolism
200
What is the right bottom chamber
Right Ventricle
200
What occurs during diastole?
heart relaxes and chambers fill with blood
200
A-fib is different from a normal heart beat by what factors?
Lack of "P" waves and an irregular rhythm.
200
What should you do for a heathy heart?
lose weight, quiet smoking, aerobic exercise and reduce the amount of sodium intake
200
A localized abnormal dilation of a blood vessel, usually an artery, caused by weakness of the vessel wall
anerysm
300
what vein carries deoxygenated blood from the lower extremities to the heart?i
Inferior Vena Cava
300
the right ventricle pumps blood to which artery?
Pulmonary Artery
300
A STEMI in indicated by what on an EKG?
Elevated S-T segment.
300
Which disease would need a bypass-surgery?
Myocardial Infarction
300
Hardening of the arteries, with loss of capacity and elasticity, as from fatty deposits (plaque), deposit of calcium salts, or scar tissue formation.
Artheriosclerosis
400
What valve has the three openings?
tricuspid
400
Systolic pressure is when which chambers contract?
Ventricles
400
What blood pressure is considered HTN?
140/90
400
What is the sodium intake for a healthy adult?
less than 2300 mg a day
400
A feeling of constriction around the heart or pain that may radiate to the left arm or shoulder, usually brought on by exertion; caused by insufficient blood supply to the heart.
Angina pectoris
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What is the largest artery in the heart
Aorta
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deoxygenated blood flows through what type of vessel?
veins
500
what are the risk factors of HTN?
smoking, age, men, woman over 50, DM, hyperlipademia.
500
Define "Angioplasty" in medical Terminology?
A procedure that reopens a narrow vessel and restores blood flow.