Cardiovascular Signs and Symptoms

Branch of medicine invloved in diagnosis and treatment of conditions and diseases of the cardiovascular system

• Thoracic Surgeon

• Cardiology

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• Phlebotomy

When blood flows backwards through a valve it is called:

Localized or temporary deficiency of blood supply due to an obstruction of circulation

• Infarct

• Murmur

• Ischemia

• Palpitations

Condition of having a slow heartbeat

• Bradycardia

• Cardiomyopathy

• Tachycardia

• Regurgitation

A yellow, fatty deposit of lipids in an artery is called

A sound, in addition to the normal heart sounds, arising from blood flowing through the heart

• Angiitis

• Palpitations

• Murmur

• Ischemia

Obstruction of blood formed by a blood clot that has broken off from a thrombus and traveled to the point of obstruction is called

Abnormally fast heart beat

• Bradycardia

• Murmur

• Palpitations

• Tachycardia

A blood clot forming within a blood vessel

Area of tissue with an organ or part that undergoes necrosis following loss of blood supply

• Necrosis

• Infarct

• Death

• Ischemic attack