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Heart Attack And Stroke
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1. Surgical procedure that can help prevent TIA
Stress Test
congestive heart failure
carotid endarterectomy
Bypass Surgery
2. Surgical treatment for heart diseases
angioplasty and stent
CK-MB
Stress Test
Angiography/Angiogram
3. Myocardium dies and is replaced by scar tissues -May have lifetime limitation
hemorrhagic stroke
anti-coagulants
intravascular ultrasound
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
4. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
heart attack can lead to...
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
5. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:
anti-coagulants
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
ischemic stroke
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
6. Condition where heart can no longer pump enough blood to body
Framingham Heart Study
congestive heart failure
echocardiogram
Heart Attack
7. 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
hemorrhagic stroke
CK-MB
Atherosclerosis
8. Images of the heartbeat produced through sound waves -Helpful for observing valves & chambers in motion
congestive heart failure
carotid endarterectomy
hemorrhagic stroke
echocardiogram
9. Walking a treadmill or stationary bike while taking an electrocradiogram
Heart Attack
carotid endarterectomy
Stress Test
heart murmur
10. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle
Angina
anti-coagulants
thrombus/thrombotic
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
11. Marker for inflammation in the body
ischemic stroke
anti-coagulants
C-reactive protein (CRP)
hypertension
12. 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
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
Bypass Surgery
intravascular ultrasound
Angiography/Angiogram
13. 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
Framingham Heart Study
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
Bypass Surgery
Angiography/Angiogram
14. High blood pressure
Stress Test
anti-coagulants
hypertension
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
15. Chest pain/pressure(Myocardium dying) -Arm/side pain -Nausea/vomiting -Shortness of breath -Pale - sweaty - cold skin -#1 cause of death in men
hypertension
Framingham Heart Study
CK-MB
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
16. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel
ischemic stroke
thrombus/thrombotic
carotid endarterectomy
hemorrhagic stroke
17. Artery in brain burst -can be caused by high BP & cholesterol
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
echocardiogram
hemorrhagic stroke
18. Surgical procedure that can help prevent TIA
carotid endarterectomy
Bypass Surgery
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Angiography/Angiogram
19. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
hemorrhagic stroke
Bypass Surgery
Framingham Heart Study
20. 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
CK-MB
CK-MB
Atherosclerosis
congestive heart failure
21. Reduce body's ability to form clots -Coumadin:
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
anti-coagulants
Heart Attack
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
22. Medical method to observe inside of blood vessel
intravascular ultrasound
hemorrhagic stroke
Stress Test
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
23. Artery supplying brain becomes blocked-80% of all strokes
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Angina
Framingham Heart Study
ischemic stroke
24. Long-term - ongoing cardiovascular study on residents of the town of Framingham - Massachusetts
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
Framingham Heart Study
embolus/embolic
25. Medical method to observe inside of blood vessel
intravascular ultrasound
Bypass Surgery
Angina
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
26. 'mini-stroke' -Stroke that lasts only a few minutes -Warning sign for bigger future strokes
heart attack can lead to...
carotid endarterectomy
anti-coagulants
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
27. Treatment for stroke -protein -involved in the breakdown of blood clots
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Angina
hemorrhagic stroke
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
28. Condition where heart can no longer pump enough blood to body
CK-MB
congestive heart failure
Stress Test
angioplasty and stent
29. 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
Angina
Stress Test
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
Framingham Heart Study
30. Surgical treatment for heart diseases
Heart Attack
angioplasty and stent
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
31. 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
Angiography/Angiogram
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
Heart Attack
hemorrhagic stroke
32. 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
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
Angina
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
33. Treatment for stroke -protein -involved in the breakdown of blood clots
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)
Atherosclerosis
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
echocardiogram
34. Myocardial ischemia(reduced blood flow to heart) -Fibrillation(irregular heart rhythm) -Cardiac arrest(electrical malfunction - heart stops)
Heart Attack
C-reactive protein (CRP)
heart attack can lead to...
Women & Heart Attack(Symptoms)
35. Heart enzyme usually elevated in blood stream during heart attack
Atherosclerosis
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
Bypass Surgery
CK-MB
36. Extra or unusual sound during heartbeat - harmless
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
heart murmur
intravascular ultrasound
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
37. Artery in brain burst -can be caused by high BP & cholesterol
Bypass Surgery
Atherosclerosis
embolus/embolic
hemorrhagic stroke
38. Chest pain or discomfort -caused by reduced blood supply to the heart muscle
Angiography/Angiogram
Framingham Heart Study
Angina
hypertension
39. 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
ischemic stroke
embolus/embolic
Heart Attack
thrombus/thrombotic
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
embolus/embolic
Angina
echocardiogram
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
41. Walking a treadmill or stationary bike while taking an electrocradiogram
Stress Test
heart attack can lead to...
carotid endarterectomy
Angiography/Angiogram
42. High blood pressure
hypertension
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
intravascular ultrasound
anti-coagulants
43. 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
Angiography/Angiogram
thrombus/thrombotic
intravascular ultrasound
ischemic stroke
44. Marker for inflammation in the body
C-reactive protein (CRP)
Angina
Angiography/Angiogram
Stress Test
45. Myocardium dies and is replaced by scar tissues -May have lifetime limitation
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Long Term Effects of Heart Attack
Heart Attack
hemorrhagic stroke
46. 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
heart murmur
Angiography/Angiogram
hypertension
transient ischemic attack (TIA)
47. Formation of blood clot inside blood vessel
heart attack can lead to...
thrombus/thrombotic
intravascular ultrasound
heart murmur
48. Artery supplying brain becomes blocked-80% of all strokes
ischemic stroke
anti-coagulants
Signs & Symptoms of Heart Attack
echocardiogram
49. Heart enzyme usually elevated in blood stream during heart attack
congestive heart failure
hemorrhagic stroke
thrombus/thrombotic
CK-MB
50. 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
Atherosclerosis
heart attack can lead to...
intravascular ultrasound
heart attack can lead to...