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Cardio Disorders

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show 1000 gallons per day  
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how many times does the heart beat per day?   show
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how far is blood transported in one day?   show
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show medistinum  
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wider part of the heart that lies superior and beneatht he second rib   show
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show apex  
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three layers of the heart?   show
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show pericardium  
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bulk of the heart wall and the thickest and strongest layer of the heart compposed of cardiac muscle tissue   show
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show endocardium  
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muscle that divides the heart into right and left halves   show
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four chambers of the heart   show
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show right atrium  
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returns the blood from the neck, head, arms, and trunk to the right atrium   show
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show inferior vena cava  
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returns blood from the heart muscle   show
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show right ventricle  
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how does blood go from the right venticle to the lungs, why   show
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show left atrium  
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how does blood go from the lungs to the left atrium? why   show
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lower left chamber of the heart, recieves oxygenated blood from the left atrium, thickest most muscular section of the heart pumps blood to the rest of the body   show
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show aorta  
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show left and right side pumps  
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recieves deoxygenated blood and pumps it to lungs   show
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recieves oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it throughout the body   show
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keep the blood moving forward and prevent backflow   show
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located between the atrium and ventricles   show
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located between the right atrium and right ventricle composed of threee flaps   show
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show bicuspid or mitral valve  
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small cordlike structures that connect the AV valves to the walls of the heart   show
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show papillary muscles  
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located at the points where blood exits the ventricles   show
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located between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery   show
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located between the left ventricle and the aorta   show
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show semilunar  
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inherent ability of the heart muscle to contract in a rhythmic pattern   show
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hearts ability to respond to a stimulus in the same way nerve cells do   show
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show SA node  
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show pacemaker  
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av node located in the base of the right atrium, slows impulses   show
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group of conduction fibers that divides into right and left branches and eventually becomes purkinje fibers   show
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smaller branches which surrou the ndventricles causing the ventricles to contract   show
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contraction   show
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relaxation   show
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show 0.8 seconds  
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what are the two heart sounds?   show
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what are heart sounds caused by?   show
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show lubb  
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short duration sharp sound produced by semilunar valve closure   show
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show murmur  
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rapid filling of the venticles or an abnormal condition produced by ineffective closure of the valves   show
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tiny blood vessels joining arterioles and venules   show
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large vessels carrying blood in a direction away from the heart   show
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show veins  
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blood vessels of the smallest branch of the arterial circulation, delivers blood to the tissue   show
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show capillaries  
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show venules  
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show aorta  
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what size is the aorta?   show
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what four parts is the aorta composed of?   show
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air sacs surrounded by microscopic capillaries, where oxygen diffuses into the bloodstream   show
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provides a film record of heart size, shape, and position, outlines shadows, can show lung congestion, heart failure and pleural effusion   show
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action pictured radiograph allows observation of movement   show
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series of radiographs taken after injection of radiopaque dry into an artery, aids in diagnosis of vessel occlusion, pooling, and congenital abnormalities   show
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visualizes the abdominal aorta and the major leg arteries by use of dye injected through the femoral artery   show
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show cardiac catheterization  
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used to measure pressure within the heart, blood volume vs cardiac competence, valve defects arterial occlusion, congenital abnormalitites, and allows for a blood sample   show
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what allergy should be considered with cardiac cath?   show
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show supine, with a sandbag as a pressure dressing  
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show electrocardiogram (ECG)  
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show repolarization  
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show depolarization  
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depolarizatio of the atria   show
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represents the depolarization of the ventricles   show
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show T wave  
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show 6 chest, 4 limbs  
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what position is a patient placed in for an ECG?   show
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show ECG  
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who can interpret an ECG?   show
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show ambulatory ECG  
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show Holter monitor  
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electronic transmission of data to a distant location, sends radio signal to a reciever   show
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usually a critiacal care unit that monitors a pt on another ward or floor who is hooked to an ambulatory ECG or Halter   show
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what two things are regularly recommended when using Holter devices?   show
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can you remove the Holter to let a patient shower?   show
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show extercise/stress ECG  
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show administering persantine or adenosine to mimic tha patients hear tunder stress  
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intracellular ion actively transported into cells, used to show ischemic "cold spots" in portions of the heart not adequatley perfusing   show
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used instead of thallium, helps minimize the artifact caused by women with lots of breast tissue   show
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uses high frequency ultrasound to detect heart size, shape, and position of cardiac structures   show
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, used to detect pericardial effusion, venticular function, chamber size and shape, ventricular muscle, septal motion, cardiac output, tumors, valve function, and congenital heart disorder   show
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show pericardial effusion  
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show Positron emission tomography (PET)  
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how does PET work when looking at the heart?   show
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what testing is used to diagnose infective endocarditis?   show
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determination of the number of white and red blood cells per cubic millimeter as well as white blood cell differential, platelets, hemoglobin, hematocrit   show
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show infection or inflammation  
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leukocyte   show
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erythrocyte   show
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show that the body is compensating for chronic hypoxemia  
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an abnormal deficiency of oxygen in the arterial blood   show
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abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood   show
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used to monitor a patient receiving anticoagulant drug therapy, usually MI pts   show
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show cardioversion  
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