Cardiovascular Health

Condition of plaque buildup in the arteries

• thrombosis
• arrhythmia

• cardiac tamponade

• atherosclerosis
• phlebitis

This condition is characterized by narrowing of the coronary arteries, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the heart

• Coronary artery disease (CAD)
• Myocarditis

• Cardiomyopathy

• Congestive heart failure (CHF)

• Sickle cell anemia

Medical term for high blood pressure

• Hypertension
• Hypertrophy
• cardiomyopathy

• cyanosis

Tissue death in the heart muscle resulting from an occluded coronary artery

• myocarditis

• peripheral artery disease

• atherosclerosis

• myocardial infarction
• Pernicious anemia

Inflammation of the muscular layer of the heart

• myocardial infarction
• coronary artery disease

• pericarditis
• myocarditis
• nephrotic syndrome

The tricuspid valve and mitral valve are ____________ valves.

• atrioventricular

• semilunar

• bronchiolar

• arterial

medical term for a resting heart rate greater than 100 bpm:

• tachycardia

• bradycardia

• fibrillation

• angina

• hypertension

A 63 year old diabetic patient was recently diagnosed with a condition characterized by enlarged, diseased heart muscle. What is the medical term for this condition?

• sickle cell anemia

• atrial fibrillation

• pericarditis

• hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

• CABG

a blood clot fragment traveling through the bloodstream is called a(n):

• embolus

• thrombus

• CBC

• hypotension

• VSD

What is the medical term for the formation a blood clot?

• erythrocytosis

• thrombosis

• cyanosis

• endarterectomy