Coronary Arteries
The left and right side of the heart are fed through how many major arteries?
What is 3?
The brachiocephalic trunk is also known as
What is the innominate artery?
Which access site is the right heart catheterization inserted into
What is venous?
a large vein, most commonly the internal jugular vein (neck), the femoral vein (groin), or an antecubital vein (arm/elbow
The study of the forces and mechanics involved in the circulation of blood throughout the body
What is Hemodynamics?
What is 0-6?
What is the mortality rate for someone with a AAA?
What is 80-90%?
This artery had side branches (obtuse marginal)
What is the circumflex artery?
How many major branches of the aortic arch
What is 3
What do left heart catheterizations image
What is coronary arteries?
The study of the electrical activity in the heart
What is electrophysiology?
What percentage of strokes are ischemic?
What is 85%
Which type of catheter is best used for Abdominal Aortograms?
What is side-hole catheters?
This artery has
•Side branches: PDA – posterior descending artery
•PLB – posterior lateral branches
What is the RCA (Right Coronary Artery)?
The brachiocephalic trunk branches off into (2 answers)
What is the Right Common Carotid and the Right Subclavian Artery
Right Heart Catheterizations utilizes this special catheter
What is a Swan-Ganz?
Treatment which uses catheters to deliver energy to destroy abnormal heart pathways
What is Cardiac Ablations?
The two main types of stroke are ischemic and ________?
What is hemorrhagic?
When the abdominal aorta bifurcates, it splits into the:
What is the Right and left common iliac?
This artery has diagonal branches and septal branches
What is Left Anterior Descending Artery?
Of the major arteries on the left Side of the aortic arch, what is name of the medial artery
What is Left Common Carotid Artery?
Interventional component of Left Heart Catheterizations is called
What is angioplasty?
The amount of blood your heart pumps out of the ventricle per minute
What is Cardiac Output?
These sit in the carotid sinus and work to regulate blood pressure:
What is Baroreceptors?
The abdominal aorta bifurcates at the level of:
What is L4?
Which side feeds the entire anterior and sometimes part of the posterior wall of the heart
What is Left Side/Left Main
Of the major arteries on the left Side of the aortic arch, what is name of the lateral artery
What is the Left Subclavian Artery?
Right Heart Catheterizations are maneuvered through the right side of the heart in order to check
What is intracardiac pressures?
Injection of cold heparinized saline into the right atrium is called
What is Thermodilution?
Compression related complication where the left iliac vein is compressed by the right iliac artery:
What is May-Thurner Syndrome?