Cardiovascular system

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  1. 5. / procedure done in a specialized area of radiology. X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysms
  2. 8. / any of the tubes forming part of the blood circulation system of the body, carrying in most cases oxygen-depleted blood toward the heart.
  3. 11. / pulse
  4. 12. heart failure / a condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow
  5. 13. / any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
  6. 14. / congestive heart failure
  7. 16. / artery
  8. 18. infarction / when a part of the heart doesn’t get the blood flow it needs.
  9. 19. a large, cane-shaped vessel that delivers oxygen-rich blood to your body.
  10. 21. / veins
  11. 22. / coronary artery bypass graft
  12. 23. disease / a disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart.
  13. 24. / uses ultrasound to look at blood going through blood vessels to determine if they are narrowed or have a thrombus
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  1. 1. / meaning instrument to measure pressure
  2. 2. / vessel
  3. 3. / blood pressure
  4. 4. / any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
  5. 6. / automated external defibrillator
  6. 7. / The machine records the electrical activity of the heart. This test helps check heart rhythm and may diagnosis other heart issues.
  7. 8. / a very small vein, especially one collecting blood from the capillaries.
  8. 9. / high blood pressure
  9. 10. arrest / complete stopping of the heart
  10. 15. / blood
  11. 17. / a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
  12. 20. / a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system
  13. 23. / catheterization