Structures
It is located between the lungs in the center and a bit to the left of the body's midline
What is Heart?
The upper chambers on the right and left sides of heart
What is the Atria?
The volume of blood pumped by each ventricle in one minute is termed
What is the Cardiac Output?
Inflammation of the heart muscle
What is Myocarditis?
These drugs lower blood cholesterol by inhibiting an enzyme the liver needs to manufacture it
What is Statin?
A thin, smooth layer of epithelial cells that lines the heart's interior
What is Endocardium?
-------- receives blood from the right atrium and pumps it to the lungs
What is Right Ventricle?
The "lub" "dub" sound of heartbeat
What is Normal heart sounds?
An interruption of electric impulses in the heart's conduction system
What is the Heart Block?
This device implanted under skin, supplies regular impulses to stimulate the heartbeat
What is Artificial Pacemaker?
The thickest layer and pumps blood through the vessels
What is Myocardium?
A semilunar valve located between the left ventricle and the aorta
What is Aortic Valve?
The heart rate of less than 60 bpm
What is Bradycardia?
Heart diseases present at birth
What is Congenital Heart Disease?
------- restores the heart's blood supply following an obstruction in the coronary arteries
What is Coronary Artery Bypass Gaft (CABG)?
The heart is located between the lungs and just superior to the diaphragm in a region known as
What is Mediastinum?
Which heart chamber has the thickest wall
What is Left Ventricle?
The fibers that carry signal up through ventricles, stimulating contraction from the bottom upwards
What is the Purkinje Fibers?
------- describes valves that fail to open completely, or have narrowed openings, reducing blood flow within and out of the heart.
What is Valvular Stenosis?
They may be used to prevent clot formation in patients with damage to heart valves or blood vessels who have had myocardial infarction
What is Anticoagulants?
The sac that encloses the heart
What is Pericardium?
The right atrioventricular (AV) valve is also known as
What is the Tricuspid?
The nervous system that reduces only the heart heart
What is Parasympathetic Nervous System?
The medical term for a heart attack is
What is Myocardial Infarction?
Procedure used to ablate (destroy) heart tissue that is generating abnormal signals.
What is Cardiac Ablation?