Anatomy
What is the left ventricle?
Prefix meaning "fast".
What is tachy?
Hardening of the arteries.
What is arteriosclerosis?
Test that records the electrical activity of the heart.
What is an EKG?
Medication to reduce blood clotting.
What is an anti-coagulant?
These vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are the arteries?
Term for low blood pressure.
What is hypotension?
A blockage of blood flow to the mycardium.
What is a myocardial infarction?
Listening to the heart with a stethoscope.
What is auscultation?
Procedure to open the blocked arteries.
What is angioplasty?
The valve between the left and right ventricle.
What is the mitral or bicuspid valve?
Medical term for chest pain.
What is angina?
Irregular heartbeat.
What is an arrhythmia?
Imaging test using sound waves to view the heart.
What is an echocardiogram?
Surgical procedure to restore blood flow to the heart.
What is cardio bypass?
The large vein that returns the blood from the lower body.
What is the inferior vena cava?
Term pertaining to the heart.
What is cardiac?
High blood pressure .
What is hypertension?
Blood test that measures heart damage.
What is troponin?
Device used to regulate abnormal heart rhythms.
What is a pacemaker?
The layer of the heart responsible for contraction?
What is the myocardium?
Itis in the term pericarditis.
What is inflammation?
Condition where the heart cannot pump effectively.
What is heart failure?
Device worn by a patient to record the activity of the heart over a period of time.
What is a Holter Monitor?
Emergency procedure to restart the heart.
What is CPR?