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Decks in this class (37)

Overview of the Function of the Cardiovascular System
What is the function of the cardi...,
How is the cardiovascular system ...,
Are pumps in the cardiovascular s...
67  cards
Electrical Activity of the Heart
What is the membrane round the he...,
What is the function of the of th...,
How would you describe the cardia...
81  cards
A First Look at the ECG
What plane do slls look at events...,
How does sll i record activity,
How does sll ii record activity
53  cards
Anatomy of the CVS 1
What structures organs make up th...,
Name the blood vessels involved i...,
Veins _____ and ______ blood ___ ...
56  cards
Embryology of the CVS 1
What are the four major stages in...,
Name the labelled parts,
Which mesoderm goes on to form the
57  cards
The Cardiac Cycle
Outline the name of the five step...,
In which of the five steps is atr...,
In which of the five steps is ven...
54  cards
Anatomy of the CVS 2
What does the structure of a bloo...,
Heart blood vessel are _______ he...,
If we are to say the heart and bl...
50  cards
Regulation of Stroke Volume and Heart Rate
Regulation of the heart rate is _...,
The sympathetic nervous system ha...,
What does the sympathetic nervous...
53  cards
Pressure and Flow in Arteries and Veins
What is the main method used for ...,
What sound is heart when cuff pre...,
What sound is heard when cuff pre...
48  cards
Exchange and the Lymphatic System
What type of vessels are capillaries,
How are capillaries specialised f...,
What are the 3 types of capillary
24  cards
Regulation of Arteriolar Resistance
What does darcys law state in ter...,
What happens to blood flow when t...,
What is varying the radius of res...
34  cards
Short Term Control of Blood Pressure
What happens when map is too low,
What happens when map is too high,
Where are the arterial baroflexre...
33  cards
Long Term Control of Blood Pressure
Long term control of blood pressu...,
Outline the three hormone systems...,
What are the functions of the kid...
41  cards
Hypertension - Pathophysiology, Presentation & Investigation
Define hypertension,
What are the possible complicatio...,
What are the possible complicatio...
67  cards
Hypertension - Treatment
What investigation is essential t...,
At what time of the day are abpm ...,
What are the risk factors of morb...
66  cards
Valvular Heart Disease - Pathophysiology, Presentation & Investigation
What is the most anterior heart v...,
Which valve lies immediately post...,
How many cusps does the mitral va...
85  cards
Valvular (& Ischaemic) Heart Disease - Treatment
What is a commissure of a heart v...,
Name some conditions that cause c...,
What is aortic dissection
54  cards
Aneurysms - Presentation, Investigation & Therapy
What is the definition of an aneu...,
What is an abdominal aortic aneur...,
What are presenting symptoms of a...
43  cards
Peripheral Arterial Disease - Presentation, Investigation & Therapy
What are the main and less common...,
What are the risk factors associa...,
The sequence of progression with ...
64  cards
Venous and Lymphatic Disease
Fill in the blanks,
The great saphenous vein is a lar...,
The small saphenous vein is a ___...
46  cards
Stroke - Presentation & Investigation
What is a stroke 3,
What is a stroke also known as 2,
What are the symptoms of a stroke 5
60  cards
Stroke - Therapy
What is the most important think ...,
What is the penumbra,
What happens to brain cells durin...
31  cards
ACS & AMI - Presentation & Investigation
What are the four main acute coro...,
An acs causes problems due to the...,
Myocardial infarction mi implies ...
57  cards
ACS & AMI - Therapy
What are the aims of drug therapy...,
In patients with stemi what would...,
Briefly outline the mechanism beh...
26  cards
Heart Failure - Presentation & Investigation
What pathologies define heart fai...,
What are the factors that are con...,
What are the symptoms of congesti...
29  cards
Heart Failure - Therapy
Chronic heart failure is a syndro...,
Heart failure results in a reduct...,
There are two types of heart fail...
53  cards
SIHD & Angina - Presentation
What is stable angina,
Outline the pathophysiology of an...,
What are some precipitants of ang...
20  cards
SIHD & Angina - Therapy
Coronary artery disease happens a...,
How would you describe the intera...,
Outline some modifiable risk factors
52  cards
Pathophysiology of Atheroma
What is an atheroma also known as,
What is an atheroma,
What does atheroma lead to when t...
59  cards
Pathophysiology of Ischaemia & Infarction
What is ischaemia,
What is hypoxia,
Describe the four ways that hypox...
46  cards
Pathophysiology of Thrombosis and Embolism
What are the two types of abnorma...,
What is static blood flow,
How would you describe turbulent ...
59  cards
Pathophysiology of Congestion & Oedema
Flow q ______,
What happens to the floe with an ...,
What is congestion
40  cards
Cardiomyopathy, Myocarditis & Pericarditis - Presentation & Therapy
Briefly outline what dilated card...,
What are some of the causes of di...,
What happens on a histological ba...
55  cards
DVT & Pulmonary Embolism
What is a thrombus,
What are the components of a thro...,
What factors make up virchows tri...
42  cards
Genetics & Cardiovascular Disease
What is trisomy 21 what causes it,
What are the congenital defects a...,
What is duodenal atresia
34  cards
Nutritional Aspects of CVD
What are the main risk factors fo...,
List the pro atherogenic componen...,
List the anti atherogenic compone...
5  cards
Aortic Disease
What are the complications of ath...,
What are the classifications of a...,
What is an aneurysm
36  cards

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