临床英语 Medical Terminology演示文稿.ppt

Adams-Stokes syndrome The attacks are caused by lack of cardiac output due to antimony poisoning, cardiac asystole, heart block, Levs disease or ventricular fibrillation. The resulting lack of blood flow to the brain is responsible for the faint. Mitral valve prolapse Mitral valve prolapse (aka primary form of myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve aka floppy mitral valve syndrome) is a valvular heart disease characterized by the displacement of an abnormally thickened mitral valve leaflet into the left atrium during systole. Mitral valve prolapse Patent ductus arteriosus, PDA Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a congenital disorder in the heart wherein a neonates ductus arteriosus fails to close after birth. Patent ductus arteriosus, PDA Tetralogy of Fallot * Pericardial effusion tamponade Aneurysm is a localized, blood-filled balloon-like bulge in the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysm Arrhythmia is any of a group of conditions in which the electrical activity of the heart is irregular or is faster or slower than normal. Arrhythmia Tachycardia Bradycardia Bruit, murmur a pathologic heart sound produced as a result of turbulent blood Bruit, murmur Cardiomyopathy is the measurable deterioration of the function of the myocardium (the heart muscle) for any reason, usually leading to heart failure. Common symptoms are dyspnea (breathlessness) and peripheral edema (swelling of the legs). People with cardiomyopathy are often at risk of dangerous forms of irregular heart beat and sudden cardiac death Cardiomyopathy Coarctation is an abnormal narrowing in a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure. It is also sometimes called a stricture (as in urethral stricture). Coarctation Edema formerly known as dropsy or hydropsy, is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, which are locations beneath the skin or in one or more cavities of the body. It is clinically shown as swelling. Generally, the amount of interstitial fluid is determined by the balan