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Heart Attack And Stroke
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1. Images of the heartbeat produced through sound waves -Helpful for observing valves & chambers in motion
angioplasty and stent
echocardiogram
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
carotid endarterectomy
2. Blood flow is rerouted through a new artery or vein that is grafted around diseased sections of your coronary arteries to increase blood flow to the heart muscle tissue
Bypass Surgery
Angiography/Angiogram
ischemic stroke
thrombus/thrombotic
3. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel
thrombus/thrombotic
heart attack can lead to...
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
echocardiogram
4. Chest pain/pressure(Myocardium dying) -Arm/side pain -Nausea/vomiting -Shortness of breath -Pale - sweaty - cold skin -#1 cause of death in men
Angina
angioplasty and stent
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
angioplasty and stent
5. Surgical treatment for heart diseases
Framingham Heart Study
Stress Test
angioplasty and stent
Angina
6. Medical method to observe inside of blood vessel
intravascular ultrasound
thrombus/thrombotic
CK-MB
ischemic stroke
7. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts
CK-MB
Framingham Heart Study
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Bypass Surgery
8. Medical imaging technique -used to visualize inside of human organ or vessel -inject dye into the body and observing with X-rays to see how the dyes move
thrombus/thrombotic
congestive heart failure
Angiography/Angiogram
heart attack can lead to...
9. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle
Angina
Bypass Surgery
Atherosclerosis
heart attack can lead to...
10. Extra or unusual sound during heartbeat - harmless
intravascular ultrasound
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
heart murmur
thrombus/thrombotic
11. Obstruction in a blood vessel due to a blood clot -the clot moves from the place it originally formed to clot other arteries or vessels
embolus/embolic
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
heart murmur
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
12. Myocardium dies and is replaced by scar tissues -May have lifetime limitation
angioplasty and stent
Heart Attack
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
thrombus/thrombotic
13. Surgical treatment for heart diseases
CK-MB
angioplasty and stent
Heart Attack
Angiography/Angiogram
14. AKA myocardial infarction (MI) -Blood supplied to myocardium reduced or stopped due to dead or damaged heart cells -One or more of coronary arteries are blocked -Usually due to atherosclerosis
Heart Attack
hypertension
ischemic stroke
CK-MB
15. Surgical procedure that can help prevent TIA
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
carotid endarterectomy
Atherosclerosis
16. High blood pressure
thrombus/thrombotic
hypertension
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
congestive heart failure
17. Common disorder -hardening of the arteries -occurs when fat - cholesterol - and other substances build up in the walls of arteries and form hard structures called plaques
congestive heart failure
Atherosclerosis
intravascular ultrasound
Angiography/Angiogram
18. Common disorder -hardening of the arteries -occurs when fat - cholesterol - and other substances build up in the walls of arteries and form hard structures called plaques
ischemic stroke
Atherosclerosis
heart murmur
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
19. Abdominal/mid-back pain -Jaw pain -Indigestion -Extreme fatigue -Shortness of breath (often w/o chest pain of any kind) -Pain tends to be more diffuse; not specifically located in chest -#1 cause of death in women
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
carotid endarterectomy
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
Angina
20. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel
hemorrhagic stroke
thrombus/thrombotic
carotid endarterectomy
congestive heart failure
21. AKA myocardial infarction (MI) -Blood supplied to myocardium reduced or stopped due to dead or damaged heart cells -One or more of coronary arteries are blocked -Usually due to atherosclerosis
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
Heart Attack
hemorrhagic stroke
heart attack can lead to...
22. Extra or unusual sound during heartbeat - harmless
Angina
Atherosclerosis
heart murmur
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
23. Walking a treadmill or stationary bike while taking an electrocradiogram
Stress Test
Bypass Surgery
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
intravascular ultrasound
24. Abdominal/mid-back pain -Jaw pain -Indigestion -Extreme fatigue -Shortness of breath (often w/o chest pain of any kind) -Pain tends to be more diffuse; not specifically located in chest -#1 cause of death in women
congestive heart failure
embolus/embolic
hemorrhagic stroke
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
25. 'mini-stroke' -Stroke that lasts only a few minutes -Warning sign for bigger future strokes
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
intravascular ultrasound
congestive heart failure
Bypass Surgery
26. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:
anti-coagulants
CK-MB
CK-MB
hypertension
27. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts
Framingham Heart Study
heart attack can lead to...
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
congestive heart failure
28. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)
Atherosclerosis
ischemic stroke
intravascular ultrasound
heart attack can lead to...
29. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
heart murmur
embolus/embolic
anti-coagulants
30. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
CK-MB
heart attack can lead to...
Framingham Heart Study
31. High blood pressure
Bypass Surgery
hypertension
anti-coagulants
Heart Attack
32. Artery supplying brain becomes blocked-80% of all strokes
heart attack can lead to...
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
ischemic stroke
hypertension
33. Treatment for stroke -protein -involved in the breakdown of blood clots
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
anti-coagulants
ischemic stroke
C-reactive protein (CRP)
34. Surgical procedure that can help prevent TIA
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
Angina
hypertension
carotid endarterectomy
35. Medical method to observe inside of blood vessel
heart murmur
anti-coagulants
hypertension
intravascular ultrasound
36. Chest pain/pressure(Myocardium dying) -Arm/side pain -Nausea/vomiting -Shortness of breath -Pale - sweaty - cold skin -#1 cause of death in men
CK-MB
echocardiogram
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
37. Condition where heart can no longer pump enough blood to body
carotid endarterectomy
CK-MB
ischemic stroke
congestive heart failure
38. Artery supplying brain becomes blocked-80% of all strokes
ischemic stroke
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
echocardiogram
hemorrhagic stroke
39. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle
congestive heart failure
Angina
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
Heart Attack
40. Obstruction in a blood vessel due to a blood clot -the clot moves from the place it originally formed to clot other arteries or vessels
Bypass Surgery
echocardiogram
heart murmur
embolus/embolic
41. Treatment for stroke -protein -involved in the breakdown of blood clots
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
embolus/embolic
heart attack can lead to...
Angiography/Angiogram
42. Myocardium dies and is replaced by scar tissues -May have lifetime limitation
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
CK-MB
Atherosclerosis
43. Condition where heart can no longer pump enough blood to body
thrombus/thrombotic
hypertension
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
congestive heart failure
44. Marker for inflammation in the body
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
carotid endarterectomy
ischemic stroke
C-reactive protein (CRP)
45. Heart enzyme usually elevated in blood stream during heart attack
Atherosclerosis
angioplasty and stent
CK-MB
Angiography/Angiogram
46. Artery in brain burst -can be caused by high BP & cholesterol
hemorrhagic stroke
thrombus/thrombotic
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
Angiography/Angiogram
47. Images of the heartbeat produced through sound waves -Helpful for observing valves & chambers in motion
anti-coagulants
hypertension
echocardiogram
Stress Test
48. Walking a treadmill or stationary bike while taking an electrocradiogram
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
angioplasty and stent
embolus/embolic
Stress Test
49. Medical imaging technique -used to visualize inside of human organ or vessel -inject dye into the body and observing with X-rays to see how the dyes move
angioplasty and stent
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
Angiography/Angiogram
50. Artery in brain burst -can be caused by high BP & cholesterol
heart attack can lead to...
hemorrhagic stroke
Angiography/Angiogram
thrombus/thrombotic