cardiology
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- ECG
- perfomed with electrocardigraph, shows electrical action of heart
- MI
- myocardial infraction, heart attack
- tachy
- fast
- diastole
- period of relaxation of heart
- aorta
- branches into arteries that dist. blood.
- atrium
- recieving chambers
- ventricle
- pumping chambers
- hem/o
- blood
- hypertension
- elevated bloodpressure, persistently higher than 140/90
- ishemia
- decreased supply of oxygen to body part.
- holter monitoring
- portable device that makes prolonged electrocardiograph recordings.
- brand-
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slow
- coron/o
- crown, heart
- angi/o
- vessel
- ventricul/o
- ventricle
- infarction
- localized are of necrosis (death) in tissue, vessel or organ resulting from lack of oxygen due to interrupted blood flow.
- echocardigraphy
- process of recording heart sound, studies structure and motion of heart. Studies structural and functional changes of heart.
- -sclerosis
- hardening
- systolic
- contraction phase of heartbeat forcing blood into aorta and pulmanary arteries.
- cholesterol tests
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TC-Total Cholesterol
HDL-Good
LDL-Low density (fatty)
triglycerides- Measure of fat in blood - atri/o
- atrium
- stress test
- patient put under physical stress, to test for any distress of heart.