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23 Cards in this Set
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arterioscelerosis
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the numerous conditions in which the walls of the arteries become thickened, hard and less elastic.
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atheroscierosis
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The process of narrowing the arteries in general.
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blood lipids
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primary risk factor
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congential heart disease
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includes any heart defects that are present at birth, which are also appropriately.
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coronary heart disease
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The narrowing of the arteries involving coronary arteries.
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endothellum
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the innermost layer of the intima.
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fatty streaks
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lipid deposits which are thought to be the prescurors of atherosclerosis commonly are found in the aortas of children by the age of 3 to 5.
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heart failure
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a chronic and progressive clinical condition in which the heart muscle (myocardium) becomes too weak to maintain an adequate cardiac output to meet the body's blood and oxygen demands.
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hemorrhagic stroke
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Intracerebral hemorrhage in which one of the cerebral arteries ruptures in the brain. Subarachnoid hemorrhage in which one of the brain's surface vessels ruptures dumping blood into the space between the brain and the skull.
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hypertension
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medical term for high blood pressure
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ischemia
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when the artery suffers from a deficiency of blood.
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ischemic stroke
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most common type of stroke 87% of all cases and result from an obstruction within a cerebral blood vessel that limits the flow of blood to that region of the brain.
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lipoprteins
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the proteins that carry the blood lipids.
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metabolic syndrome
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term that has been used to link CHD hypertenstion abnormal blood lipids type 2 diabetes and abnormal obesity to insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia. AKA syndrom Xand the insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia.
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myocardial infarction
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when blood supply to a part of the myocardium is severely or totally restricted, ischemia can lead to a heart attack.
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pathophysiology
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refers to the pathology and physiology of a specific disease process or disordered function.
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peripheral vascular disease
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involve the systemic of arteries and veins
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plaque
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fatty and narrows inner wall of the artery.
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platelet-derived growth factor
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substance released by the platelets that promotes migration of smooth muscle cells from the media into the intima.
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primary risk factors
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tobacco smoke, hypertension, abnormal blood lipids and lipoproteins, physical inactivity, obesity and overweight, diabetes and insulin resistance.
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rheumatic heart disease
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one form of valvular heart disease involving a streptococcal infection that has caused acute rheumatic fever, typically in children between ages 5 and 15.
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stroke
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form of cardiovascular disease that affects the cerebral arteries those that supply the brain.
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valvular heart disease
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involve one or more of the four valves that control the direction of blood flow into and out of the four heart chambers.
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