| A | B |
|---|
| hypoxemia | decreased oxygen in the blood |
| arteriosclerosis | thickening and loss of elasticity of the arterial walls |
| atherosclerosis | type of arteriosclerosis causing fat to accumulate on the walls of the arteries |
| ischemia | transient loss of oxygen to a tissue |
| aneurysm | dilation/bulge in a vessel wall |
| arrhythmia | irregular heart rate or rhythm |
| heart failure | mechanical incompetence of the heart |
| Right congestive heart failure | circulatory congestion causing edema in the extremities |
| Left congestive heart failure | circulatory congestion causing pulmonary edema |
| cardiomegaly | enlargement of the heart |
| ventricular fibrillation | heart contracts at an increased rate that prevents the ventricles from filling with blood |
| stable angina pectoris | chest pain caused by exertion |
| unstable angina pectoris | chest pain caused at rest or without a specific cause |
| myocardial infarction | death of heart tissue caused by ischemia or thrombus |
