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Path QIII:QIII
Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| shortness of breath | dyspnea |
| quivering or spontaneous contraction of the individual cardiac cells | fibrillation |
| loss of the normal beating rhythm of the heart | arrhythmia |
| an increase in the size of the heart or a part of the heart due to an increase in the size of the muscle fibers | cardiac hypertrophy |
| pathological condition in which the heart or a chamber of the heart increases in size due to a stretching of the muscle fibers in the walls of the chamber | cardiac dilatation |
| the formation of an area of necrosis in a tissue caused by obstruction in the artery supplying the area | infarction |
| chest pain associated with heart attacks | angina |
| an inflammation of the endocardium of the heart, which may include the heart valves or the cardiac septum | endocarditis |
| inflammation of the tissues that surround the heart | pericarditis |
| inflammation of the heart muscle | myocarditis |
| inflammation of the heart | carditis |
| inflammation of the arteries | arteritis |
| inflammation of the veins | phlebitis |
| a disease of the heart muscle due to excessive alcohol consumption | alcoholic cardiomyopathy |
| an enlargement of the infant cardiac septum | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| is primary cardiomyopathy idiopathic? | yes |
| this disease causes damage to the mitral valve, leading to endocarditis and infection of multiple layers of the heart | rheumatic fever |
| high blood pressure | hypertension |
| condition where the foramen ovale fails to properly close at birth | atrial septal defect |
| also known as ischemic heart disease, most common cause of death in developed countries | coronary artery disease |
| hardening of the arteries | arteriosclerosis |
| arteriosclerosis is most common in what artery? | femoral |
| process in which deposits of fatty substances build up in the inner lining of an artery | atherosclerosis |
| the abnormal enlargement or bulging of an artery caused by damage to or weakness in the blood vessel wall | aneurysm |
| inflammatory disease of the aorta and its branching arteries, especially prevalent among young asian women | Takayasu's arteritis |
| most common form of arterial inflammation, aka giant cell arteritis | temporal arteritis |
| enlarged veins which are close the the skin's surface, found in the legs and feet | varicose veins |
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