MOD D WEEK 1 VOCAB

Rapid heart beat, more than 100 bpm (beats per minute)

Profuse secretion of sweat

Enlargement of the heart

Pounding, skipping, or racing of the heart such that the patient is aware of his/her heartbeat

The contractive phase of the heartbeat

Abnormal sound heard when ausculating an artery. Usually blowing or swishing sound, higher piched then a murmur.

Lack of oxygen in blood, seen as a bluish or grayish discoloration of skin, nail beds, and/or lips.

Accummalation and hardening of plague in the coronary arteries that eventually can deprive the heart muscle of oxygen, leading to angina.

Localized dilation of an artey caused by a congenital or acquired causes may be arteriosclerosis, trauma, infection, and/or inflammation.

Disease in which the arterial walls become thickened and lose thier elasticity, without the presence of atheromas.

Cardiac tissue death that occurs when the coronary arteries are occluded (blocked) by an atheroma, a mass of fat or lipids on the wall of an artery, or blood clot caused by am atheroma, and are thus unable to carry enough oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. Depending on the area affected, the patient may die if enough of the heart muscle is destroyed.

Surgical repair of a vessel

Progressive disorder of the ventricles of the heart

Process of graphing the electrical activity of the heart muscle.

Inflammation of eitgher deep veins (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT) or superficial veins, with the formation of one or more blood clots.

Threading of a catheter (thin tube) into the heart to collect diagnostic information about sturcutures in the heart, coronary arteries, and great vessels; also used to aid in treatment of CAD, congenital abnormalities, and heart failure.

Valve

Artery

ventricle

Septum

heart

• Vascul/o
• Angi/o
• Vas/o

Thromb/o

• Ven/o
• Phelb/o

Artrium