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EKG.

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Arrhythmia   Abnormality or irregularity in the heart rhythm  
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Vertigo   Dizziness  
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Tachycardia   Rapid heart beat> 100 bpm  
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bradycardia   Slow heart beat< 60 bpm  
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Difibrillator   machine used to deliver electroshock to the heart when the heart has stopped beating  
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EKG   Electrocardiography  
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Artifacts   Unwanted erratic movement picked up on an EKG  
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Capillary   Smallest blood vessel  
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Murmur   Abnormal heart sound caused by improper closing of the valves  
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Pulse   Heartbeat felt through the walls of arteries  
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Aorta   largest artery in the body  
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Palpitations   Sensations felt in the chest related to arrhythmias  
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HTN   hypertension  
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SOB   Shortness of breath  
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VFib   Ventricular fibrillation  
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Infarction   Area of dead tissue  
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Angina   Chest pain from temporary difference between the supply and demand of O2 to the heart  
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BP   Blood pressure  
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EKG leads   placed on the chest to obtain the EKG  
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p wave   arterial contraction  
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T wave   ventricular contraction subsides  
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Baseline   the heart at rest  
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QRS   Ventricular contraction  
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