What Are the Various Cardiovascular Diseases Flashcards

What are the various cardiovascular diseases? The heart is one of the major organs in the body, and this means that maintaining a healthy one should be top of everyone’s list. Do you know some of the major diseases that affect the heart? How about you take a look at these flashcards and see what more you may learn.

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A blood vessel that carries oxygen-poor blood from heart to lungs
Pulmonary artery
Sac like membrane surrounding the heart
Pericardium
Contraction phase of the heart beat
Systole
Located between the left upper and lower chambers of the heart
Mitral valve
Disease of heart muscle
Cardiomyopathy
Inflamation of a vein
Phlebitis
Sensitive tissue in the right atrium wall that begins the heart beat
Sinoatrial node
Blood vessels branching from the aorta to carry oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle
Coronary arteries
Tetralogy of fallot
Four seperate congenital heart defects
Sphygmomanometer
Instrument to measure blood pressure
A local widening of an artery
Aneurysm
Petechiae
Small pinpoint hemmorages
Bluish coloration of the skin
Cynosis
Mitral valve prolapse-click
Murmur syndrome
Chest pain relived with nitroglycerin
Agina