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Cardi 2
Question | Answer |
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elevated levels of lipids in blood | hyperlipidemia |
lack of blood flow to a tissue bed | ischemia |
death of tissue due to ischemia | infarction |
heart attack; death of heart muscle due to ischemia | myocardial infarction |
acute ischemia w/unstable angina treated w/nitroglycerin and oxygen/assoc. with MI | Acute coronary syndrome |
chest pain from ischemia/infarction | angina |
blood test to check for level of 2 proteins released into blood when myocardial cells die | Troponin |
blood test to measure level of inflammation of heart beating | CRP - C-reactive protein |
abnormal rhythm of heart beating | arrhythmia/dysrrhythmia |
place | -topos |
out of place | ectopy |
anything that travels in the blood stream. | embolus |
compression of the heart from fluid accumulating under pressure in the periocardial sac. | tamponade |
drug to increase force of contractions and decrease heart rate; cardiotonic drug | digitalis |