Test1_Chapter 30 Word Scramble
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acute decompensated heart failure: | acute exacerbation of heart failure, with signs and symptoms resulting in markedly lower systemic perfusion |
afterload: | the resistance to ejection of blood from a ventricle |
anuria: | urine output of less than 50 mL/24 h |
ascites: | an accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal cavity |
cardiac output (CO): | the amount of blood pumped out of the heart in 1 minute |
cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT): | a treatment for heart failure in which a device paces both ventricles to synchronize contractions |
compliance: | the elasticity or amount of “give” when blood enters the ventricle |
congestive heart failure (CHF): | a fluid overload condition (congestion) associated with heart failure contractility: |
diastolic heart failure: | the inability of the heart to pump sufficiently because of an alteration in the ability of the heart to fill; current term used to describe a type of heart failure |
ejection fraction (EF): | percentage of blood volume in the ventricles at the end of diastole that is ejected during systole; a measurement of contractility |
heart failure (HF): | the inability of the heart to pump sufficient blood to meet the needs of the tissues for oxygen and nutrients; signs and symptoms of pulmonary and systemic congestion may or may not be present |
left-sided heart failure (left ventricular failure): | inability of the left ventricle to fill or pump (empty) sufficient blood to meet the needs of the tissues for oxygen and nutrients; traditional term used to describe patient’s symptoms of heart failure |
oliguria: | diminished urine output; less than 500 mL/24 h |
orthopnea: | shortness of breath when laying flat |
paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND): | shortness of breath that occurs suddenly during sleep |
pericardiocentesis: | procedure that involves aspiration of fluid from the pericardial sac |
pericardiotomy: | surgically created opening of the pericardium |
preload: | the amount of myocardial stretch just before systole caused by the volume of blood presented to the ventricle |
pulmonary edema: | abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitial spaces and alveoli of the lungs |
pulseless electrical activity (PEA): | condition in which electrical activity is present but there is not an adequate pulse or blood pressure |
pulsus paradoxus: | systolic blood pressure that is more than 10 mm Hg higher during exhalation than during inspiration; difference is normally less than 10 mm Hg |
right-sided heart failure (right ventricular failure): | inability of the right ventricle to fill or pump (empty) sufficient blood to the pulmonary circulation |
stroke volume (SV): | amount of blood pumped out of the ventricle with each contraction |
systolic heart failure: | inability of the heart to pump sufficiently because of an alteration in the ability of the heart to contract; current term used to describe a type of heart failure. |
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