| | |and essentially any organs that the blood affects. | |Heart Attack |This includes the heart‚ and the blood vessels from the heart. Arteries are also involved. | |Heart Failure |The muscle around the heart is what gets damaged. The lungs then suffer as well as the rest| | |of the body.
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identify any narrowing in the blood vessels or blockage in one or more arteries that supply blood to the lower extremity. (1) In this particular case‚ the patient had left leg ischemia and a few of his toes were amputated. The exam was being performed to check how severe the blockage was going down his leg‚ and if a possible angioplasty (balloon insertion) or stent placement was necessary to expand the portions of the arteries that are narrow. At my clinical site‚ this exam was performed by a radiologist
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develops when a substance called plaque builds up in the walls of the arteries. This buildup narrows the arteries‚ making it harder for blood to flow through. If a blood clot forms‚ it can stop the blood flow. This can cause a heart attack or stroke. A heart attack occurs when the blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked by a blood clot. If this clot cuts off the blood flow completely‚ the part of the heart muscle supplied by that artery begins to die. Most people survive their first heart attack and
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when called upon to extend itself. The increase in size and power allows the heart to pump a greater volume of blood with fewer strokes per minute. GOOD CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS REQUIRES A FIT VASCULAR SYSTEM Blood flows through a sequence of arteries to
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depression in the skin is called a/an: erosion. Chapter 19 The first heart sound is produced by the: closure of the AV valves. Which of the following guidelines may be used to identify which heart sound is S1? S1 coincides with the carotid artery pulse. Which of the following cardiac alterations occurs during pregnancy? An increase in cardiac volume and a decrease in blood pressure Which of the following is an appropriate position to have the patient assume when auscultating for extra
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attack risk. Instead‚ life insurance companies use a simple math formula to rate your heart attack risk: They divide your total cholesterol by the level of HDL (good) cholesterol. “If the ratio is below three‚ and there’s no inflammation in your arteries‚ you’re practically bulletproof against heart attacks and strokes‚ even if your LDL is high‚” reports Amy Doneen‚ MSN‚ ARNP‚ medical director of the Heart Attack & Stroke Prevention Center in Spokane‚ Washington. Here’s a look at eight common cholesterol
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you are given medication that helps you to relax and allows you to be awake‚ but not nervous at all. This test can measure blood pressure within the heart and how much oxygen is in the blood. Catheters are also used to inject dye into the coronary arteries. CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION CPT PROCEDURE A common medical diagnostic procedure used to examine the heart. This test can measure blood pressure within the heart and how much oxygen is in the blood. It’s also used to get information about the pumping
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Name of Pathology: Pulmonary Embolism Definition/Description/Characteristics: Before I get started explaining what a pulmonary embolism is‚ I am going to say that a pulmonary embolism is a part of group of problems all known as venous thromboembolism (VTE). Venous refers to veins‚ while thrombus is the blockage of blood vessel and when the blockage breaks off and travels‚ is called an embolism. A pulmonary embolism is usually a clot that was originally from a deep vein thrombosis in the legs or
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muscle. It often happens at rest. Unstable angina is not a heart attack. 3 Heart attack Heart attack is different from angina. A means a coronary artery has been blocked and the heart has been damaged. Without blood flow and oxygen‚ part of the heart starts to die. 4 Hypotension hypotension is low blood pressure‚ especially in the arteries of the systemic circulation. Hypotension is the opposite of hypertension‚ which is high blood pressure. It is best understood as a physiological state
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column. Prefixes‚ Suffixes‚ Root Words a | No‚ not without‚ away from‚ negative‚ and noun ending. | -ac | Pertaining to | -al | Pertaining to | angi/o | Angina. Cjoking‚ strangling | aort/o | Aorta | -ar | Pertaining to | arteri/o | Artery | -ary | Pertaining to | ather/o | Plaque‚ fatty substance | atri/o | Atrium | bi | Twice‚ double‚ two | brady | Slow | calc/i | Calcium‚ lime‚ the heel | cardi/o | Heart | clavicul/o | Clavicle‚ collar bone | coronary | Coron/o
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