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