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the large artery emerging from the left ventricle |
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transitional artery to capillary vessel |
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carry blood away from the heart |
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the two superior heart chambers that receive blood |
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slow the impulse from the SA node to the ventricles |
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thin layer of connective tissue - lines the heart chambers |
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forms the outer heart wall layer |
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the bulk of the heart wall - muscle tissue |
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outer membrane surrounding the heart |
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left atrioventricular valve |
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right atrioventricular valve |
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heart relaxes and fills with blood |
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heart contracts and expels blood |
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carries blood toward the heart |
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transitional capillary to vein vessel |
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general term - "chamber" - pushes blood |
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conducting pathways for heart impulses |
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microscopic blood vessels (1 cell thick) between arteries and veins that allow oxygen transfer to and from blood cells |
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chest pain caused by an insufficient heart blood supply |
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any loss of rhythm in the heartbeat |
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abnormally slow heartbeat |
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abnormal heart enlargement |
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disturbance/abnormality of the heart's normal cycle |
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pounding/racing/skipping heartbeat |
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abnormally fast heartrate |
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hardening of the arteries |
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opening in the septum between the left and right atriums |
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general term for disease of heart muscle |
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pain in a limb caused by poor circulation |
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narrowed aorta (congenital disease) |
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inability of left ventricle to pump enough blood |
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blue tinge in skin and mucus membranes caused by oxygen deficiency |
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blood clots within deep leg veins |
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clot/particle floating through circulation |
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rapid, uncoordinated ventricle contractions |
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extremely rapid, but regular, contractions |
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abnormal soft blowing or rasping sound |
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persistently high blood pressure |
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chronic low blood pressure |
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abnormally low blood flow to tissues |
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death of a part of the myocardium |
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opening between pulmonary artery and aorta |
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4 defects resulting in bypass of the pulmonary circuit |
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ventricular septal defect |
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septum opening between ventricles, allowing blood flow between them |
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x-ray of a blood vessel after contrast media is injected |
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surgical blood vessel repair |
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physical examination using a stethoscope |
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insertion of a tube into a coronary blood vessel |
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x-ray recording of heart's circulation |
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coronary artery bypass graft |
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a blood vessel is removed from a different part of the body and used to bypass a blocked artery in the heart |
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electrical charge to stop fibrillation |
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recording of electrical heartbeat-associated events |
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measures arterial blood pressure |
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treatments to dissolve clots |
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surgical heart valve repair |
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turbulent blood flow (sound associated) |
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abnormal blood vessel narrowing |
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tightening, prevents proper blood flow |
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clot-type masses on the heart valves |
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leaflet of mitral valve facing the wrong way |
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vein inflammation caused by a clot |
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percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
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balloon treatment to open up a closed coronary artery |
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