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Diseases o/the Heart
Diseases of the Heart
Term | Answer |
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HTN | Hypertension -sustained elevation of systemic arterial blood pressure |
CHF | Congestive Heart Failure -The heart fails to cycle all the blood it receives. |
CAD | Coronary Artery Disease -occurs when there is insufficient blood flow to the heart via the right or left coronary artery |
HC | High Cholesterol |
Hypotension | Low blood Pressure |
Ischemia | A condition in which the oxygen-rich blood is stopped, blocked, or restricted to a specific part of the body |
Myocardial Infarction | tissue within the heart dies |
Angina Pectoris | blood shortage to the hear |
Arrythmias | irregular patterns in the beating of the heart or a change in the force or speed of the heart's contraction. |