This term describes the filling of the cardiac ventricles with blood and results in the lower number of the blood pressure reading.

Leaking of blood through chambers can be auscultated and documented as this medical term.

This is the type of cholesterol you want high levels of in your blood stream to assist with lowering the bad cholesterols in your blood stream.

This cardiac arrhythmia can be tolerated lifelong if the client is compliant with anticoagulation therapy and the heart rate is controlled.

The one cure for heart failure is this:

This is proper time of day to educate hypertensive patients to take their diuretic medications.

This is a venous disorder defined as inflammation of a vein which can result along with DVT.

This surgical intervention requires harvesting the client's long saphenous vein for use in the heart.

This cardiac rhythm displays no electrical conduction taking place in the heart.

Heart failure is diagnosed with this noninvasive diagnostic test.

This type of hypertensive medication works by inhibiting the effects of norephinephrine at the beta-1 receptors in the heart.

This valvular disorder causes a murmur best auscultated over the apex of the heart.

This is the name of an arterial disorder that occurs due to the narrowing of arterial circulation.

This type of heart rhythm is noted on the clients normal rhythm when the rate is over 100 beats per minute.

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Heart failure is defined as the hearts inability to keep up with the _________ demands of the body.

This dietary supplement can be avoided in the diet to assist with lowering blood pressure.

This cardiac valve disorder causes obstruction of blood from the left ventricle and can be resolved with complete valve replacement.

These type of ulcers are found on the client's bilateral lower extremities and are accompanied with warm, brownish, hard leathery skin.

This type of cardiac dysrhythmia is noted with a ratio of atrial beats to ventricle beats.

This type of heart failure results in pulmonary congestion, auscultated crackles, and dyspnea.

This class if antihypertensive medication works by inhibiting the reabsorption of sodium ions in the distal convoluted tubule of the nephron.

This medical term is given to the life-threatening build up of fluid in the pericardial sac causing tight compression on the heart which must be quickly drained by pericardiocentesis.

This disease causes inflammation of the small/medium arteries of the hands and feet which can lead to vasospasms, ischemia, and gangrene.

This lethal rhythm can be shocked back into a normal rhythm when noted on the ECG monitor if acted upon quickly.

With this type of heart failure, the blood backs up into the body leading the systemic fluid overload noted by edema in the dependent lower extremities.