LCHS_Pathologies of Heart & Blood Vessels_Ch 11_Chabner
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| ARRHYTHMIAS | Abnromal heart rhythms associated with problems with the conduction or electricla system of the heart.
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| HEART BLOCK | Failure of proper conductionm of impulses through the AV node to the atrioventricular bundle(Bundle of HIs).
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| FLUTTER | rapid but regular contractions of atria or ventricles. Heart ryhthms may reach up to 130 beats per minutes.
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| FIBRILLATION | Rapid, random, ineffectual, and irregular contractions fo the heart. (350 beats or more per minute)
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| DEFIBRILLATOR | Electrical device applied to the chest wall that is used to restore normal heart rhythm.
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| CARDIAC ARREST | The sudden and often unexpected stoppage of heart movement caused by a heart blockage or ventricular fibrillation.
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| PALPITATIONS | Uncomfortable sensations in the chest associated with different types of arrythmias.
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| CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | The heart is unable to pump its required amount of blood. (more blood enters the heart than leaves the heart - causes a backup in the 2 circulatory circuits)
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| PULMONARY EDEMA | Fluid seeps out of capillaries in to the timy air sacs of the lungs due to blood accumulation in the lungs. (CHF)
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| ARTHEROSCLEROSIS | Deposition of fatty compounds on the inner lining of the coronary arteries. (hardening of the artieries)
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| THROMBIC OCCLUSION | blocking o fhte coronary artery by a clot.
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| ISCHEMIA | blood condition where blood is decreased or stopped entirely.
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| INFARCTION | Area of dead myocardial tissue.
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| NITROGLYCERIN | A powerful vasodilator that increases coronary blood flow and lowers blood pressure in order to decrease the work of the heart.
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| ENDOCARDITIS | Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart caused by a bacterial infection.
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| HYPERTENSION | High blood pressure affecting the heart due to the narrowing of arterioles. Heart has to pump more vigorously to overcome the increased resistance in the arteries.
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| MURMUR | An extra heart sound heard between normal beats.
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| PERICARDITIS | Inflammation of the membrane (pericardium) surrounding the heart.
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| ANEURYSM | localized widening of an arterial wall. Common in the aorta.
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| PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | Blockage of blood vessels outside the heart.
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| VARICOSE VEINS | Abnormally swollen and twisted veins, usually ocurring in the legs.
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| HEMORRHOIDS | Varicose veins near the anus.
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