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Cardiovascular terms and medications
level: Cardiovascular terms and medications
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Cardiovascular terms and medications
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known as stroke. Sudden damage to the brain resulting from reduction of blood flow
Cerebrovascular accident
Spontaneous, quivering and ineffectual contraction of muscle fivers as in the atria or the ventricles
Fibrillation
An area of localized necrosis of tissue resulting from a blockage or a narrowing of an artery that supplies the area.
Infarct
Local anemia due to mechanical obstruction (mainly arterial narrowing or disruption) of the blood supply
Ischemia
Forcible or irregular pulsation of the heart, perceptible to the paitent
Palpitations
Inflammation of a vein
Phlebitits
A backflow, as of blood through an incompetent valve of the heart
Regurgitation
Circulatory failure resulting in inadequate supply of blood to the heart
shock
Narrowing or constriction of an opening
stenosis
Temporary loss of consciousness and postural tone caused by inadequate blood flow to the brain
Syncope (fainting)
Inflammation of a vein associated with formation of a blood clot
Thrombophlebitis
medication: A drug that lowers blood pressure by blocking the formation in the blood of angiotensin II, a substance that normally acts to increase blood pressure.
Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor
medication: A drug that blocks tissue receptors for angiotensin II
angiotensin II receptor antagonist
medication: A drug that regulates the rate and rhythm of the heartbeat
antiarrhythmic agent
medication: Drug that decreases the rate and strength of heart contractions
beta-adrenergic blocking agent
medication: Drug that controls the rate and force of heart contraction by regulating calcium entrance into the cells
Calcium channel blocker
medication: A drug that slows and strengthens heart muscle contractions
Digitalis
medication: Drug that eliminates fluid by increasing the output of urine by the kidneys. Lowered blood volume decreases the workload of the heart.
Diuretic
medication: Drug that lowers serum cholesterol
Hypolipidemic agent
medication: A local anesthetic that is used intravenously to treat cardiac arrhythmias.
lidocaine
medication: A drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris to dilate coronary vesels
nitroglycerin
medication: Drugs that act to lower lipids in the blood. The drugs names end with -statin, such as lovasttin, pravastatin, atorvastatin.
statins
medication: An enzyme used to dissolve blood clots
streptokinase
medication: A drug used to dissolve blood clots. It activates production of a substance (plasmin) in the blood that normally dissolves clots
tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)
medication: A drug that widens blood vessels and improves blood flow
vasodilator