Heart & Circulation terms

The system that contains the heart and the blood vessels and moves blood throughout the body.

The active ingredient in a drug used to treat high blood pressure.

A drug used to treat high blood pressure.

Weakness of the heart muscle that leads to a buildup of fluid in body tissues.

A drug used to treat certain types of abnormal heart rhythms that have not gotten better with other drugs.

A drug used to treat high blood pressure and certain heart problems.

Surgery in which a healthy blood vessel taken from another part of the body is used to make a new path for blood around a blocked artery leading to the heart.

A disease in which there is a narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries (blood vessels that carry blood and oxygen to the heart).

A disease in which there is a narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries (blood vessels that carry blood and oxygen to the heart).

A substance used to make drugs that prevent and treat blood clots in blood vessels and treat certain heart conditions.

The formation of a blood clot in a deep vein of the leg or lower pelvis.

The thin muscle below the lungs and heart that separates the chest from the abdomen.

A substance used to make drugs that are used to treat several heart conditions, including congestive heart failure.

A type of advance directive in which a person states that healthcare providers should not perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (restarting the heart) if his or her heart or breathing stops.

A type of advance directive in which a person states that healthcare providers should not perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (restarting the heart) if his or her heart or breathing stops.

A drug used to treat high blood pressure and urinary problems caused by an enlarged prostate.

A drug used to treat high blood pressure and urinary problems caused by an enlarged prostate.

The formation of a blood clot in a deep vein of the leg or lower pelvis.

Dyazide is the brand name for a drug marketed by GlaxoSmithKline used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and edema (water retention).

A line graph that shows changes in the electrical activity of the heart over time.