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A disease process in which fibrinous plaques are laid down on the inner walls of the arteries, thus narrowing the lumens of the vessels and perdisposing them to the development of intravascular clots

Disease of the myocardium, especially due to primary disease of the heart muscle.

Inflamation of cellullar or connective tissue

Narrowing (of the aorta)

A variation from the normal rhythm, especially of the heartbeat.

an inflammation of the membrane lining of cavities of the heart and of the connective tissue bed on which it lies.

Persistently high blood pressure/ in adults a systolic pressure equal to or greater than 140mm Hg and a diastolic pressure equal to or greater than 90mmHg

cramping pain in the muscles of the lower extremities brought on by exercise and relieved by rest. A common symptom of arterial insufficiency; pain usually occures in the calves of the legs but can also affect the muscles of the thighs and buttocks.

A deficiency of blood supply to a part as a result of functional constricition of a blood vessel or of actual obstruction, as by a clot.

an instrument that makes visible on a screen the nature of an electrical current.

A rapid, violent, or throbbing pulsation as an abnormally rapid throbbing or fluttering of the heart.

An inflammation of the sac that encloses the heart and the roots of the great vessels

A dusky-red color seen inpatients with arterial insufficiency.

A sugical excision or interruption in some portion of the sympathetic nerve pathways.

Fainting

A abnormal sound of venous or arterial origin heard on auscultation.

Peal away dead tissue.

The dusky-red color dangling feet soon take on after elevating the feet and legs above the heart for 1 to 2 minutes. This indicated arterial insufficiency

A clot or plug of material (usually from a thrombus) carried by blood flow that lodges in a vessel and obstructs blood flow.

A necrosis, or death of, of tissue, usually due to deficient or absent blood supply.

THe injection of a solution that causes the vessel to dry up and disintegrate

A tubular device to give support to the interior of a vessel or tube, preventing its collapse.

THe excision of a clot

An inflammation of a vein related to formation of a blood clot within the vessel.

A blood clot that obstructs a blood vessel or a cavity of the heart.

Enlarged and tortuous veins in which the distorted shape is the result of accumulations of pooled blood.

functioning of the blood vessels, either arterial or venous.

The removal of a part, as by incision; eradicaiton.

Rapid, irregular, and ineffective contractions of the atria.

Variation from the normal rhythm, especially of the heartbeat.

Compression of the heart caused by colleciton of fluid in the pericardial sac

Disease of the myocardium, especially due to primary disease of the heart muscle.

A mild electrical shock delivered to the heart at a specific time in the cardiac cycle to interrrupt the abnormal rhythm and begin a new, normal rhythm of electrical impulse and contraction.

A variation from the normal rhythm, especially of the heartbeat.

An escape of fluid into a part or tissue as an exudation or transudation.

An inflammaiton of the membrane lining the cavities of the heart and of the connective tissue bed which it lies.

A high-pitched, scratchy sound heard with the diaphragm of the stethoscope placed at the lower left sternal borer of the chest; a symptom of pericardidits.

A localized area of necrosis produced by ischemia caused by obstructed arterial supply or inadequate venous drainage.

Sitting up in bed with two or three pillows behind the back

A rapid, violent or throbbing pulsation, as an abnormally rapid throbbing or fluttering of the heart.

A collection of serous or purulent exudate in the pericardial cavity

THe surgical puncture of the pericardial cavity for aspiration of fluid.

The surgical incision of the pericardium.

A drop in systolic blood pressure of greater thatn 10mm Hg on inspiration.

Exterional chest pain caused by ischemia of the heart muscle and increased demand for oxygen.

A disease process in which fibrinous plaques are laid down on the inner walls of the arteries, thus narrowing the lumens of the vessels and predisposing them to the development of intravascular clots.

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

A procedure wherein the latissimus dorsi muscle is detached from its natural position, brought around to the front of the body and wrapped around the heart. A pacemaker, connnected o the heart and back muscle, helps oost the heart's pumping action.

Decreased or insufficient blood flow in the coronary arteries.

continually releases an anticoagulant/antiplatelet drug.

Occurrence of a localized area of dead tissue produced by inadequate blood flow.

An acornym for "metabolic equivalent of task", a measure of heat production by the body. This term is used with cardiac rehabilitation patients.

Necrosis of the myocardium as a result of interruption of blood suppy to the area.

The changes that occur as a result of death of cells/ caused by enzymaticdegradtion.

A procedure in which a balloon catheter is threaded via the circulatory sstem through the heart and into the valve. The balloon is inflated to break open a stenosed valve.