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HEART/BLOOD DISORDER
HEART AND BLOOD VESSEL DISORDERS
Question | Answer |
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ARRYTHMIA/DYSRHYTHMIA | ABNORMAL HEARTBEAT |
HEART FLUTTER | HEART RATE OF 200 TO 300 BPM |
FIBRILLATION | RAPID HEART RATE IN WHICH THE CONTRACTIONS ARE UNCOORDINATED |
CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | ACUTE/CHRONIC INABILITY OF THE HEART TO PUMP OUT THE BLOOD RETURNED TO IT BY VEINS |
HEART MURMURS | UNUSUAL HEART SOUNDS;DEFECTIVE HEART VALVES |
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | DEATH OF A PORTION OF THE MYOCARDIUM DUE TO AN OBSTRUCTION IN CORONARY ARTERY;OBSTRUCTION DUE TO BLOOD CLOT FORMED AS A RESULT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS A.K.A HEARTATTACK |
PERICARDITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PERICARDIUM CAUSED BY VIRAL/BACTERIAL INFECTION |
ANEURYSM | WEAKENED PORTION OF A BLOOD VESSEL THAT BULGES OUT,FORMING A BALLOONLIKE SAC FILLED WITH BLOOD |
ARTERISCLEROSIS | HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES |
ATHEROSCLEROSIS | FORMATION OF FATTY DEPOSITS IN THE TUNICA INTERNA OF ARTERIAL WALL |
PHLEBITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A VEIN |