I compress fatty deposits using a balloon tipped catheter inserted to the coronary artery
What is A PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA)
100
These are the 2 types of aneurisms.
What are abdominal & thoracic.
100
I represent depolarization (contraction) of the atria
What is THE P WAVE
100
I am the amount of blood ejected from the ventricle with each heartbeat is called the
What is STROKE VOLUME
200
I use batteries to send electrical impulses to the heart to help it pump properly
What is A PACEMAKER
200
I am the percentage of desired outcome of a PCTA
What is 20% or more increase in diameter of the artery lumen
200
This is the most common risk factor for all aneurisms.
What is ATHEROSCLEROSIS
200
I represents ventricular contraction (depolarization)
What is QRS COMPLEX
200
I am the amount of blood pumped from the ventricles in one full minute
What is CARDIAC OUTPUT
300
A patient with a pacemaker must avoid this type of diagnostic test.
What is A MRI
300
This will be required if the PCTA is unsuccessful
What is CABG (CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT)
300
I am the most lethal complication of an aneurism.
What is RUPTURE
300
I represent the heart repolarizing (relaxing) called the REFRACTORY PERIOD
What is THE T WAVE
300
I am the cardiac output of a normal adult
What is 5L/min
400
In this type of pacemaker, only one wire (pacing lead) is placed into a chamber of the heart. Sometimes it is the upper chamber, or atrium. Other times it is the lower chamber, or ventricle.
What is A SINGLE CHAMBER PACEMAKER
400
We are the types of valve replacement options
What is mechanical or biologic
400
I am present with many aneurisms and may require medications to keep me under control.
What is HYPERTENSION
400
I am a measurement of the time it takes for an electrical impulse to be conducted through the atria & the AV node
What is THE PR INTERVAL
400
I am a device used to treat severe HF reserved for patients to use while waiting for a heart transplant
What is A LVAD
500
I am a medication that can be used to treat symptomatic bradycardia.
What is ATROPINE
500
I require lifelong anticoagulation.
What is mechanical valve replacement
500
Name one medical condition that would increase the possibility of an aneurism?
What is MARFAN SYNDROME, LUPUS, AMPUTATION, A/V FISTULA, KAWASAKI DISEASE
500
I am considered a normal ejection fraction.
What is 55%
500
I am known as PUMP FAILURE and have a mortality rate of 85-90%