How Does the Cardiovascular System?

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  1. 3. Cardiology / Uses radioactive materials (SPECT or PET scans) to assess blood flow through the heart muscle.
  2. 4. Skeleton / Dense network providing structural support and electrical insulation
  3. 7. / Ultrasound waves produce detailed images of the heart's valves and chambers in motion.
  4. 9. Catheterization / A procedure using a catheter (thin tube) to measure pressure or inject dye for angiography, allowing direct examination of blood flow and heart chambers.
  5. 11. / Irregular, fast, or slow heart rhythms
  6. 12. / Myocardial Infarction
  7. 13. / Congestive Heart Failure
  8. 17. Artery Disease / The most common type, involving plaque buildup that narrows arteries supplying blood to the heart
  9. 20. Disease / Blockages or bursts in blood vessels leading to the brain
  10. 22. / Between (e.g., interventricular - between ventricles)
  11. 23. Valve Disease / Dysfunction in the valves that regulate blood flow within the heart.
  12. 24. / Artery
  13. 25. / Slow (e.g., bradycardia - slow heart rate)
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  1. 1. / The thin, smooth inner lining of heart chambers and valves that reduces friction
  2. 2. Artery Disease / Narrowing of vessels supplying blood to the legs and arms
  3. 5. / The outermost layer that protects the heart and contains the coronary vessels
  4. 6. / Sudden Cardiac Death
  5. 8. / Coronary Artery Disease
  6. 10. Imaging / Coronary CT angiography and Cardiac MRI provide detailed 3D images of heart anatomy, function, and plaque buildup.
  7. 14. / Pumps blood to every part of your body
  8. 15. / The thick middle layer composed of cardiomyocytes, responsible for contractility and pumping blood
  9. 16. / Atrial Fibrillation
  10. 18. / Heart condition/structure (e.g., tachycardia, pericardium)
  11. 19. / A quick test to record electrical signals and identify arrhythmias or heart damage.
  12. 21. / Inflammation (e.g., myocarditis, pericarditis, endocarditis)