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ECG Glossary Quiz 5 P - T

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A drug used to treat abnormal rhythms of the heart   Quinidine  
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Backward flow of blood through a defective valve   Regurgitation  
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A disease which may follow a few weeks after a streptococcal infection   Rheumatic Fever  
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Damage done to the heart, particularly the heart valves, by one or more attachs of rheumatic fever   Rheumatic Heart disease  
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A small mass of specialized cells in the right upper chamber of the heart which gives rise to the electrical impulses that initiate contractions of the heart   S - A Node  
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Hardening, usually due to an accumulation of fibrous tissue   Sclerosis  
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An elevated blood pressure caused by certain specific diseases or infections   Secondary Hypertension  
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Cup-shaped valves. The aortic valve at the entrance to the aorta, and the pulmonary valve at the entrance to the pulmonary artery   Semilunar valves  
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A dividing wall   Septum  
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A passage between two blood vessels or between two sides of the heart   Shunt  
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Sudden attacks of unconsciousness, sometimes with convulsions, which may accompany heart block   Stokes-Adams Syndrome  
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Amount of blood which is pumped out of the heart at each contraction of the heart   Stroke volume  
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To faint   Syncope  
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Circulation of the blood through all parts of the body except the lungs   Systemic circulation  
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The period of contraction of the heart   Systole  
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Abnormally fast heart rate   Tachycardia  
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A congenital malformation of the heart involving four distinct defects   Tetralogy of fallot  
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The formation or presence of a blood clot   Thrombosis  
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Condition caused by poisonous substances in the blod   Toxemia  
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A valve located between the upper and lower chamber in the right side of the heart   Tricuspid valve  
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