front 1 Narrower than normal valve that slows blood flow from the heart chamber | back 1 Valve stenosis |
front 2 Volume of blood pumped from the ventricles with each heartbeat | back 2 stroke volume |
front 3 Severe chest pains | back 3 angina pectoris |
front 4 Fibrous tissue that covers the heart | back 4 pericardium |
front 5 Heart muscle | back 5 myocardium |
front 6 Cardiac muscle fibers contracting rapidly and out of step with each other | back 6 fibrillation |
front 7 Heart rate less than 60 beats per minute | back 7 bradycardia |
front 8 Amount of blood pumped by one ventricle per minute | back 8 cardiac aoutput |
front 9 Heart attack | back 9 MI |
front 10 Thin layer of smooth tissue that lines the heart chambers | back 10 Endocardium |
front 11 Inflammation of the pericardium | back 11 pericarditis |
front 12 a condition that allows blood to leak back into the left atrium when the left ventricle contracts | back 12 mitral valve prolapse |
front 13 damage to the heart cells due to a lack of blood flow | back 13 myocardial infarction |
front 14 severe chest pain that occurs when the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen | back 14 angina pectoris |
front 15 a condition which contraction impulses are prevented from getting through to the ventricles | back 15 heart block |
front 16 slow heart rhythm | back 16 bradycardia |
front 17 rapid heart beat | back 17 tachycardia |
front 18 a condition in which the cardiac muscles contract out of syn with each other | back 18 fibrillation |
front 19 also called left heart failure | back 19 congestive heart failure |