U6C2AB CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM DISEASES AND DISORDERS

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS ALSO KNOWN AS

• HYPOTENSION

• HYPERGLYCEMIA

• HYPERTENSION

• HYPONATREMIA

HARDENING OR THICKENING OF THE ARTERIAL WALLS, RESULTING IN LOSS OF ELASTICITY AND CONTRACTILITY

• ATHEROSCLEROSIS

• ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

• ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME

• ANGIOPLASTY

FOREIGN SUBSTANCE CIRCULATING IN THE BLOODSTREAM

• ANEURYSM

• EMBOLUS

• CHF

• HEMOPHILIA

ABNORMAL, CRESCENT-SHAPED ERYTHROCYTES THAT CARRY LESS OXYGEN, BREAK EASILY, AND BLOCK BLOOD VESSELS

• IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

• PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

• APLASTIC ANEMIA

• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

INADEQUATE AMOUNT OF IRON TO FORM HEMOGLOBIN IN ERYTHROCYTES

• IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

• PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

• APLASTIC ANEMIA

BALLOONING OUT OF THE WALL OF A BLOOD VESSEL

• ATHEROSCLEROSIS

• ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

• BLOCKAGE

• ANEURYSM

FATTY PLAQUES DEPOSITED ON THE WALLS OF THE ARTERIES

• THROMBOCYTOPENIA

• ATHEROSCLEROSIS

• ARTERIOSCLEROIS

• CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

CAN BE CAUSED BY PROLONGED SITTING, STANDING, OR IMMOBILITY

• VARICOSE VEINS

• DVT

• CAD

• CHF

PEOPLE WITH PERNICIOUS ANEMIA CAN NOT ABSORB THIS VITAMIN ADEQUATELY

• K

• NA

• E

• B12

Disease resulting from reduced blood flow from the heart; characterized by weakness, breathlessness, abdominal discomfort, and edema in the lower extremities.

• congestive heart failure (CHF)
• cardiac tamponade
• premature ventricular contraction (PVCs)
• varicose veins