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Situation in which a relatively mild blow to the chest causes heart failure and sudden death because it occurs during a vulnerable interval when the hear is repolarizing.... called 'Concussion of the heart'
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Commotio Cordis
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The leading cause of sudden death in young athletes, usually inherited, it causes the cardiac muscles cells to enlarge, thickening the heart wall.
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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)
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Rapid ventricular contractions that are not coordinated with atrial activity
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Ventricular Tachycardia (VT or V-tac)
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What procedure helps detect valve problems, heart deformities and other heart malfunctions?
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Cardiac Catheterization
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Bursts of atrial contractions with little pause between them.
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Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia (PAT)
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Situation in which the heart fails to contract
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Asystole
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A condition of right-sided heart failure resulting from elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary circuit. Chronic cases are the associated with emphysema.
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Cor pulmonale
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O2 unloading happens in the _______ and produces ________hemoglobin (dark red)
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Tissues / Deoxy(hemoglobin)
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WBC functionally similar to mast cells
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Basophil
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Leukocytes leave capillaries via ___________ following trail called positive __________ ....part of the inflammatory response to infection known as ________
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Diapedesis / chemotaxis / leukocytosis
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Rarest WBC
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Basophil
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A type of 'insufficient erythrocyte' anemia due to RBCs rupturing prematurely
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Hemo(lytic) anemia
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This results when less oxygen is available (high altitudes) or EPO production increases
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This results when less oxygen is available (high altitudes) or EPO production increases
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Vasoconstriction of damaged blood vessel triggered by chemical released by endothelial cells and platelets is called a ________
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Vascular Spasm
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Excess of RBCs that increase blood viscosity is called __________ and is considered a productive bone marrow ______. What are the symptoms?
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Polycythemia / cancer or tumor / Dizziness
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