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