Cardiovascular system
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- 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
- 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.
- 11. / pulse
- 12. heart failure / a condition in which the heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow
- 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.
- 14. / congestive heart failure
- 16. / artery
- 18. infarction / when a part of the heart doesn’t get the blood flow it needs.
- 19. a large, cane-shaped vessel that delivers oxygen-rich blood to your body.
- 21. / veins
- 22. / coronary artery bypass graft
- 23. disease / a disorder in which there is a narrowing in the arteries surrounding the heart.
- 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. / meaning instrument to measure pressure
- 2. / vessel
- 3. / blood pressure
- 4. / any of the fine branching blood vessels that form a network between the arterioles and venules
- 6. / automated external defibrillator
- 7. / The machine records the electrical activity of the heart. This test helps check heart rhythm and may diagnosis other heart issues.
- 8. / a very small vein, especially one collecting blood from the capillaries.
- 9. / high blood pressure
- 10. arrest / complete stopping of the heart
- 15. / blood
- 17. / a test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 20. / a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system
- 23. / catheterization