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Heart Attack And Stroke

Subject : health-sciences
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1. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle






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






3. High blood pressure






4. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:






5. Condition where heart can no longer pump enough blood to body






6. Myocardium dies and is replaced by scar tissues -May have lifetime limitation






7. Surgical treatment for heart diseases






8. Artery in brain burst -can be caused by high BP & cholesterol






9. Heart enzyme usually elevated in blood stream during heart attack






10. Heart enzyme usually elevated in blood stream during heart attack






11. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)






12. Surgical treatment for heart diseases






13. 'mini-stroke' -Stroke that lasts only a few minutes -Warning sign for bigger future strokes






14. Images of the heartbeat produced through sound waves -Helpful for observing valves & chambers in motion






15. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle






16. 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






17. High blood pressure






18. Artery in brain burst -can be caused by high BP & cholesterol






19. Images of the heartbeat produced through sound waves -Helpful for observing valves & chambers in motion






20. Surgical procedure that can help prevent TIA






21. Extra or unusual sound during heartbeat - harmless






22. 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






23. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel






24. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts






25. Artery supplying brain becomes blocked-80% of all strokes






26. Marker for inflammation in the body






27. Marker for inflammation in the body






28. Treatment for stroke -protein -involved in the breakdown of blood clots






29. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:






30. Walking a treadmill or stationary bike while taking an electrocradiogram






31. 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






32. 'mini-stroke' -Stroke that lasts only a few minutes -Warning sign for bigger future strokes






33. Treatment for stroke -protein -involved in the breakdown of blood clots






34. 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






35. Myocardium dies and is replaced by scar tissues -May have lifetime limitation






36. Extra or unusual sound during heartbeat - harmless






37. Medical method to observe inside of blood vessel






38. 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






39. Walking a treadmill or stationary bike while taking an electrocradiogram






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






41. Surgical procedure that can help prevent TIA






42. 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






43. Chest pain/pressure(Myocardium dying) -Arm/side pain -Nausea/vomiting -Shortness of breath -Pale - sweaty - cold skin -#1 cause of death in men






44. 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






45. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)






46. Chest pain/pressure(Myocardium dying) -Arm/side pain -Nausea/vomiting -Shortness of breath -Pale - sweaty - cold skin -#1 cause of death in men






47. 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






48. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts






49. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel






50. 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