PULSE alternating expansion and contraction of – an artery as blood flows through it. Pulse sites: BRACHIAL CAROTID RADIAL POPLITEAL Diseases of the Heart ARRHYTHMIA (or dysrrhythmia) any change from – normal heart rate or rhythm BRADYCARDIA slow heart rate (<60 bpm) – TACHYCARDIA rapid heart rate (>100 bpm) – Coronary Artery Disease ANGINA PECTORIS chest pain, caused by lack of – oxygen to heart muscle, treat with nitroglycerin to dilate coronary arteries
PULSE – alternating expansion and contraction of an artery as blood flows through it. Pulse sites: BRACHIAL CAROTID RADIAL POPLITEAL Diseases of the Heart ARRHYTHMIA (or dysrrhythmia) – any change from normal heart rate or rhythm BRADYCARDIA – slow heart rate (<60 bpm) TACHYCARDIA – rapid heart rate (>100 bpm) Coronary Artery Disease ANGINA PECTORIS – chest pain, caused by lack of oxygen to heart muscle, treat with nitroglycerin to dilate coronary arteries
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