group 2

• Congestive Heart Failure- heart does not pump enough blood
• Digoxin- help make the heart squeeze better
• edema- swelling
• Heart attack- complete cessation of blood supply to the heart muscles
• Rheumatic fever- occur after an infection with steptococcus pyogenes bacteria
• Antibiotics- eradicate grp. a streptococcus bacteria
• Blood test- done to check signs of inflammation of the body
• Rheumatic heart disease- serious complication of rheumatic fever
• 5-15 yrs old- rheumatic fever is most common in children
• kawasaki syndrome- cause high fever and inflammation of the blood vessel
• intravenous immune globulin- help reduce inflammation or prevent coronary artery complications
• transtoracic echocardiography- screen for coronary artery complications
• mucocutaneous lymph nodes syndrome- other name for Kawasaki syndrome
• aspirin- administered during the acute phase to reduce fever and inflammation