Disorders of the Heart and Blood Vessels

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blood pressure: pressure of blood against ____________ ___________

arterial walls

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120/80 = ____________/_____________

systolic/diastolic

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hypertension is an ___________ in BP

increase

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arteriosclerosis is _____________ walls, which ______________ blood flow = ischemia

thickened, decreases

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vasculitis: inflammation of _____________ _______________

blood vessels

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aneursysm: _______________of blood vessels due to weakness is vessels media

dilations

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saccular aneurysm: is on __________ side

one

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fusiform aneurysm is on ________ sides

both

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dissection is bleeding into ____________

layers

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varicose veins: enlarged tortuous veins due to prolonged _____________

pressure

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esophageal varices: is _____________ veins

dilated

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hemorrhoids is _____________ veins in the ___________

dilated; rectum

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heart failure is when you have to make the heart work _________

harder

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congential heart disease: is something that you are __________ with

born

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ventricular septal defect is an ______________ in the ________

opening in the septum

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congenital valve defect is the _______________ or _______________, therefore the heart does not pump as well and needs to pump _____________

narrowing, regurgitation, harder

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ischemic heart disease is the most common _______, and most common cause of _________

type, death

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agina pectoris is known as?

chest pain

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myocardial infaraction is ischemic __________

death

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hypertensive heart disease is an ___________ heart due to high BP; also known as __________ ventricular hypertrophy

enlarged; left

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cor pulmonale is ________ ventricular hypertrophy

right

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acquired valve disease is a _________ valve, does not open and close properly

thickened

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valvular stenosis: is when pressure builds up behind valve, causing ________________

hypertrophy

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mitral valve prolapse: is when __________ valves do not _________ all the way

floppy; close

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myocarditis: is the inflammation of the ___________

myocardium

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dilated cardiomyopathy is all _____ chambers __________

4; dilated

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amyloidosis is _______ heart syndrome

stiff

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amyloidosis is caused by deposits of a ____________ in the heart tissue

protein

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AL is any _____________ and _____ months prognosis

organ, 6

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ATTR is the ________, and _____ years prognosis

heart; 6

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cardiac sarcoidosis: is an autoimmune disorder that causes immune cells to ___________ ________________

clump together