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Cardio System
Vocabulary Review
Term | Definition |
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stent | a tube inserted into a vessel to keep it open |
tachycardia | 100 bpm = |
damage of the brain due to an interruption of blood supply to the brain | stroke |
enzyme in plasma that causes clotting of our blood by converting fibrinogen into fibrin | thrombin |
systole | contraction of the heart |
thrombolytic | therapeutic class of medications that break up blood clots |
statin | informal term for the therapeutic class of medications that treat cholesterol |
syndrome | conditions that occur together |
artery in the brain becomes blocked | ischemic stroke |
weakened blood vessel ruptures and bleeds into the surrounding brain | hemorrhagic stroke |