Circulatory Clinical Terms Part 1

high blood pressure

• palpitation
• hypertension
• tachycardia
• fibrillation

saclike swelling in the wall of a vessel usually an artery

• heart murmur
• aneurysm
• TIA
• CVA

very rapid heart action, movements are uncontrolled and heart is ineffective in pumping blood. Death can occur in minutes if left untreated.

• tachycardia
• bradycardia
• fibrillation
• flutter

transient ischemic attack, a “mini-stroke”

• CVA
• CHF
• TIA
• HBP

procedure in which the recipient’s failing heart is removed and a donors heart is placed in the chest .

• Bypass surgery
• phlebotomy
• venipuncture
• heart transplantation

treatment for diseased arteries in which a tiny catheter with a balloon at the tip is passed through blood vessels, to the site of obstruction. Diameter of the arterial opening is increased allowing blood to flow.

• angioplasty
• bypass surgery
• phlebotomy
• heart transplantation

abnormally fast heartbeat > 100bpm

• bradycardia
• tachycardia
• flutter 
• fibrillation

abnormal enlargement of the veins of the legs due to prolonged gravitational pressure from standing

• arteriosclerosis
• athersclerosis
• varicose veins
• TIA

an unusual variation in heart rate or rhythm

• tachycardia
• bradycardia
• flutter
• cardiac arrhythmia

condition in which the skin and mucuos membranes appear to be blue due to oxygen deficiency or constriction of blood vessels 9.

• anemia
• cyanosis
• varicose veins
• TIA