| A | B |
|---|
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| rheumatic heart disease | a disease that can result from inadequately treated strep throat or scarlet fever |
| pericarditis | inflammation of the pericardium |
| cardiomyopathy | disease of the myocardium, disease of heart muscle |
| myocarditis | inflammation of the middle layer of the heart wall |
| congestive heart failure | a chronic condition in which the heart doesn't pump blood as well as it should |
| heart block | abnormal heart rhythm wher the heart beats too slowly (bradycardia)/ electrical signal problem |
| arrhythmia | irregularity of the heart |
| bradycardia | slower than expected heart rate |
| tachycardia | a rapid heart beat that may be irregular |
| shock | blood flow that cannot sustain the life of the tissue |
| septicemia | systemic disease caused by the spread of microorganisms & their toxins circulating in the blood |
| pitting edema | edema that retains for a time the indentation produced by pressure |
| pulmonary embolism | one or more arteries in the lungs become blocked by a blood clot |
