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Cardio System
Vocabulary Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |