Cardiology - the beat goes on
The disease of the heart muscle.
What is cardiomyopathy?
An irregular heartbeat.
What is arrhythmia?
Abbreviation for atrial fibrillation
What is AF?
All of the formed elements of blood are produced in red bone marrow by this process.
What is hematopoiesis?
Any substance that prevents clot formation.
What is an anticoagulant?
Condition of blood being held back.
What is ischemia?
Severe chest pain caused by myocardial ischemia.
What is angina pectoris?
Abbreviations for atrial septal defect.
What is ASD?
55% of blood is a watery fluid called what.
What is plasma?
Blood transfer from one person to another.
What is a Blood transfusion?
There are four of these in the heart. They prevent the backflow of blood. Name them.
What are valves?
1. Tricuspid 2. Mitral 3. Pulmonary 4. Aortic
Using a stethoscope and listening to heart sounds, lungs, etc.
What is auscultation?
The abbreviation for Coronary Care Unit.
What is CCU?
To destroy blood.
What is hemolysis?
Collecting and storing one's own blood to use to replace blood lost during surgery.
What is autotransfusion?
An involuntary muscle contraction of a blood vessel.
What is a vasospasm?
An abnormally slow heart rate.
What is bradycardia?
The patient has hypertension.
What is HTN?
Too few blood cells.
What is Hemocytopenia?
Inherited lack of a vital clotting factor.
What is hemophilia?
Pertaining to a ventricle.
What is ventricular?
Open heart surgery in which, a blood vessel (often a leg vein) is grafted to route blood around an occluded coronary artery.
What is a coronary artery bypass graft? Also known as a CABG.
This patient is experiencing an episode of dyspnea.
What is difficulty breathing or Shortness of breath?
Too few clotting cells.
What is thrombocytopenia?
CBC represents this.
What is a complete blood count?