Cardiovascular Pharmacology Key Terms

ACE inhibitor Angina pectoris Anoxia Atherosclerosis Contractility CVA Cyanosis DVT- deep vein thrombosis Dysrhythmias Embolus HDL Heart failure Hemostasis HTN-hypertension Hyperlipemia Infarction Ischemia LDL Lumen MI- myocardial infarction Pernicious anemia Shock

Definition

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any of a group of vasodilators used in the treatment of hypertension and heart failure a syndrome characterized by paroxysmal, constricting pain below the sternum, most easily precipitated by exertion or excitement and caused by ischemia of the heart muscle, usually due to a coronary artery disease, as arteriosclerosis an abnormally low amount of oxygen in the body tissues; hypoxia a common form of arteriosclerosis in which fatty substances form a deposit of plaque on the inner lining of arterial walls Capable of contracting or causing contraction, as a tissue cerebrovascular accident; a stroke blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood a condition marked by the formation of a thrombus within a deep vein (as of the leg or pelvis) that may be asymptomatic or be accompanied by symptoms (as swelling and pain) and that is potentially life threatening if dislodgment of the thrombus results in pulmonary embolism a disordered rhythm exhibited in a record of electrical activity of the brain or heart A mass, such as an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body, that travels in the bloodstream and lodges in a blood vessel, thus serving to obstruct or occlude such a vessel a blood constituent involved in the transport of cholesterol and associated with a decreased risk of atherosclerosis and heart attack a condition in which the heart is unable to pump blood at an adequate rate or in adequate volume; a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function stoppage or sluggishness of blood flow or the arrest of bleeding (as by a hemostatic agent) elevation of the blood pressure, esp. the diastolic pressure or an arterial disease characterized by this condition excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia the formation of an infarct (An area of tissue that undergoes necrosis as a result of obstruction of local blood supply, as by a thrombus or embolus) local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow a plasma protein that is the major carrier of cholesterol in the blood: high levels are associated with atherosclerosis the canal, duct, or cavity of a tubular organ Necrosis of a region of the myocardium caused by an interruption in the supply of blood to the heart, usually as a result of occlusion of a coronary artery A severe anemia most often affecting older adults, caused by failure of the stomach to absorb vitamin B12 and characterized by abnormally large red blood cells, gastrointestinal disturbances, and lesions of the spinal cord a state of profound depression of the vital processes of the body that is characterized by pallor, rapid but weak pulse, rapid and shallow respiration, reduced total blood volume, and low blood pressure and that is caused usually by severe especially crushing injuries, hemorrhage, burns, or major surgery a fibrinous clot that forms in and obstructs a blood vessel, or that forms in one of the chambers of the heart very-low-density lipoprotein: a plasma lipoprotein with a high lipid content, associated with atherosclerosis