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endocarditis - inflammation of the endocardium (the lining of the cavities of the heart and connective tissue bed) hypertension - greater then 140/90 diuretics - an agent that promotes excretion of urine digitalis - a pharmacologic agent used to treat congestive heart failure, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and paroxysmal tachycardia of the atria ischemia - deficiency of blood to a body part due to functional constriction or obstruction of a blood vessel p wave - a wave on ekg that represents contraction of atria t wave - represents repolarization of the ventricles qrs complex - reflects activity that produces ventricular contraction ectopic foci - a displaced central point of origin for a cardiac dysrhythmia supraventricular foci - central points of origin of dysthymias, which are located above the level of the ventricles in the atria ventricular foci - a displaced point of origin for a dysthymia that is in the ventricles