Medical Specialties and Pathologies of the Cardiovascular System

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Medical Specialties and Pathologies of the
Cardiovascular System

• Medical Terminology

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Medical Specialties

• Cardiologist diagnoses and treats
  abnormalities, diseases, and disorders of the
  heart
• Hematologist diagnoses and treats disorders of
  the blood and blood-forming tissues

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Pathologies

• Coronary artery disease
• End-stage coronary artery disease
• Atherosclerosis
• Atheroma
• Plaque
• Ischemia

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Pathologies

• Ischemic heart disease
• Angina pectoris
• Myocardial infarction
• Infarct
• Congestive heart failure

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Forms of Carditis

• Endocarditis
• Bacterial endocarditis
• Myocarditis
• Pericarditis

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Heart Valves

• Valvulitis
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Mitral stenosis
• Heart murmur

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Arrhythmias (Dysrhythmias)

• Bradycardia
• Flutter
• Palpitation
• Tachycardia
• Paroxysmal tachycardia

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Fibrillation

• Atrial fibrillation (A fib)
• Ventricular fibrillation (V fib)

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Blood Vessels

• Angitis (vasculitis)
• Angionecrosis
• Angiospasm
• Angiostenosis
• Hemangioma
• Hypoperfusion

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Arteries

• Aneurysm
• Arteritis
• Polyarteritis
• Arteriosclerosis
• Raynauds phenomenon

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Veins

• Phlebitis
• Varicose veins

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Thomboses and Embolisms

• Thrombus
• Thrombotic occlusion
• Coronary thrombosis
• Embolus
• Embolism

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Blood Disorders

• Dyscrasia
• Hemochromatosis
• Septicemia
• Cholesterol
• Low-density lipoproteins
• High-density lipoproteins
• Tryclycerides
• Homocysteine
• Hyperlipidemia

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Blood Cells

• Erythrocytosis
• Thrombocytopenia
• Leukopenia
• Leukemia

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Anemias

• Aplastic anemia
• Hemolytic anemia
• Iron-deficiency anemia
• Megaloblastic anemia
• Pernicious anemia
• Sickle cell anemia

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Hypertension

• Essential hypertension
• Secondary hypertension
• Malignant hypertension