Weak area in the wall of a blood vessel, usually an artery.

Chest pain, pressure, or discomfort.

Medical procedure used to open up narrowed or blocked blood vessels.

Medications used to prevent or treat blood clots.

Buildup of fluid in the abdomen.

Abnormal heart rhythm, due to irregular heartbeat.

Abnormal heart rhythm in which there are no contractions or electrical activity; flatline.

The arteries harden due to buildup of fatty deposits in the artery walls.

Device needed to shock the heart and restore its normal rhythm.

Slow heart beat (less than 60 beats per minute).

Medication used to help treat high blood pressure, heart failure, angina, and arrhythmias.

Condition in which the heart activity stops suddenly.

Insertion of thin, flexible tube into vessels and/or chambers of heart to diagnose heart condition; heart cath/cardiac cath.

Medical specialty related to diagnosis and treatment of heart conditions.

What is the term for the following definition? Condition affecting the heart muscle and reducing its ability to pump blood.

Condition that occurs when the arteries that supply the heart muscle become narrowed, thickened, and hardened by buildup of fatty deposits

Blood clot or loosened plaque that travels from its original site and can block blood flow.

What is the medical term for inflammation of the inner lining of the heart?

What is the term for red blood cells?

What is the protein found in red blood cells that helps transport oxygen throughout the body?

What do you call a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats blood conditions?

What is the process of stopping blood flow called?

What is the term for excessive bleeding?

What is the form of cancer in which the body’s white blood cells are unable to fight disease?

What is the term for white blood cells?

What is the condition in which the mitral valve does not close properly and allows blood to flow backwards in the heart?

What is the condition that occurs when the heart muscle does not receive enough oxygen because blood flow to the heart is blocked, also known as a heart attack?

What is the inflammation of the muscular layer within the walls of the heart called?

What is the sudden drop in blood pressure that occurs when a person stands or sits up called?

What is the feeling of the heart fluttering or pounding in the chest called?

What is the inflammation of the pericardium (sac surrounding the heart) called?

What is the inflammation of a vein called?

In cardiology, what are fatty deposits in the arteries called?

What is the condition in which small arteries and arterioles, especially in fingers and toes, constrict in spasms, causing ischemia and pain?

What is the term for the leaking of blood back into the chamber from which it is being pumped in the heart?

What is the life-threatening condition in which the body’s immune system overreacts to an infection causing widespread inflammation and damage to multiple organs?

What is the inherited blood condition in which red blood cells become deformed causing pain and organ damage called?

What is the term for a fast heartbeat (greater than 100 beats per minute)?

A blood clot or collection of plaque formed within a blood vessel is called ________.

Use of electrical shock to restore a normal heart rhythm to a heart in ventricular fibrillation is called ________.

Record of electrical activity of the heart is called ________.

A mesh tube that is surgically placed within a vessel to dilate the opening is called a ________.

Surgical removal of a clot is called ________.

Puncture of a vein, usually to obtain a blood specimen, is called ________.