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- 4. a tumour or swelling filled with blood
- 8. a sudden and sometimes fatal occurrence of coronary thrombosis, typically resulting in the death of part of a heart muscle.
- 10. a test of cardiovascular capacity made by monitoring the heart rate during a period of increasingly strenuous exercise.
- 11. haematoma
- 12. an X-ray image made using a form of tomography in which a computer controls the motion of the X-ray source and detectors, processes the data, and produces the image.
- 16. a common type of heart disease. It affects the main blood vessels that supply blood to the heart, called the coronary arteries.
- 17. one dimensional
- 18. A tube through which the blood circulates in the body
- 19. a test of the action of the heart using ultrasound waves to produce a visual display, used for the diagnosis or monitoring of heart disease.
- 21. chronic heart failure
- 22. coronary artery disease
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- 1. clot forming cell.
- 2. delicate blood vessels that exist throughout your body.
- 3. a test to record the electrical signals in the heart.
- 5. severe failure of the heart to function properly, especially as a cause of death.
- 6. a scientific examination of a sample of blood, typically for the diagnosis of illness or for the detection and measurement of drugs or other substances.
- 7. a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation. In vertebrates there may be up to four chambers (as in humans), with two atria and two ventricles.
- 9. coronary heart disease
- 12. cell
- 13. problem with the rate or rhythm of your heartbeat. Your heart may beat too fast, too slowly, or with an irregular rhythm.
- 14. heart echocardiogram = sound wave image of the heart.
- 15. a loss of blood flow to part of the brain, which damages brain tissue
- 16. color-flow mapping
- 18. blood vessels located throughout your body that collect oxygen-poor blood and return it to your heart.
- 20. A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to tissues and organs in the body.