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The _______ includes four separate congenital heart defects.
Tetralogy of Fallot
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The cause of essential hypertension
Idiopathic
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Phlebitis
Inflammation of a vein
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Ischemia
- Can lead to myocardial infarction,
- Occurs when blood is held back from an area,
- Can be caused by thrombotic occlusion of a blood vessel,
- May be a result of coronary artery disease
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Digoxin
A drug used to stregthen a heartbeat
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The _____ is the sensitive tissue in the right atrium wall that begins the heartbeat.
Sinoatrial node
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CK, LD, and AST (SGOT) are
serum enzymes
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The _____ is located between the left upper and lower chambers of the heart.
mitral valve
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A blood vessel that carries oxygen-poor blood from heart to lungs is the
Pulmonary artery
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A Holter monitor is:
An EKG taken during daily activity
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ECHO is when
High frequency sound waves are transmitted into the chest
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upper chamber of heart
atrium
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lower chamber of heart
ventricle
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Rapid, random, ineffectual, and irregular contractions of the heart
fibrillation
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Inability of the heart to pump its required amount of blood
congestive heart failure
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Rapid but regular atrial or ventricular contractions
flutter
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Local widening of an artery
aneurysm
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Clots that travel to and suddenly block a blood vessel
emboli
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Lesions that form on heart valves after damage by infection
vegetations
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High blood pressure due to kidney disease
secondary hypertension
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