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