Diagnostic Tests & Procedures
A radiograph test that uses a contrast agent (dye) and a camera to take pictures of the blood flow in arteries or veins.
What is angiogram?
The transfer of blood, or blood components such as red blood cells, from a donor to a recipient
What is blood transfusion?
Medication that keeps the body from making angiotensin II, a hormone that causes blood vessels to constrict (narrow). Because ACE inhibitors prevent blood-vessel constriction, they help treat hypertension (high blood pressure).
What is angiotensin-converting (ACE) inhibitor?
atrioventricular
What is AV?
Narrowing of the coronary arteries, resulting in an insufficient blood supply to the heart.
What is coronary artery disease (CAD) ?
Process of listening to the internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope
What is auscultation?
The replacement of diseased bone-marrow cells in a patient with healthy bone-marrow cells from a donor
What is bone marrow transplant?
Medication used to prevent or alleviate angina (spasmodic chest pain).
What is antianginal?
blood pressure
What is BP?
Bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin, caused by decreased circulation of oxygen-rich blood.
What is cyanosis?
The pressure exerted by the blood on the wall of an artery or vein. Blood pressure is measured using a sphygmomanometer (SFIG-moh-muh-NAH-muh-tur).
What is blood pressure
Procedure in which controlled electrical shocks are sent through the heart to restore normal cardiac rhythm in a patient with arrhythmia.
What is cardioversion?
An agent used to alleviate or prevent cardiac arrhythmia.
What is antiarrhythmic?
coronary artery bypass graft
CABG
Pertaining to swelling; often associated with insufficient function of the left ventricle.
What is edematous?
Passage of a tiny plastic tube into the heart through a blood vessel, usually through the femoral artery in the leg; used to diagnose heart diseases or abnormalities
What is cardiac catheterization?
A shunt (passageway), established surgically, that allows blood to travel from the aorta to a branch of the coronary artery at a point beyond an obstruction
What is coronary artery bypass graft?
A drug used to treat angina, hypertension, and heart rhythm disorders, as well as migraines, panic attacks, and tremors.
What is beta blockers?
cardiovascular
What is CV
Inflammation of the inner layer of the heart muscle.
What is endocarditis?
Procedure in which blood flow and blood pressure are measured using ultrasound technology (high-frequency sound waves). The sound waves are “bounced” off red blood cells as they circulate through the blood vessels. Doppler sonography differs from standard ultrasound imaging procedures in that the latter cannot measure blood flow. Also called Doppler ultrasound.
What is Doppler sonography, Doppler ultrasound?
The grafting of a living heart to a patient, from a donor who was clinically brain-dead but on life support.
What is heart tranaplantation?
Medication that helps reduce excess water in the body.
What is diuretic?
deep vein thrombosis
DVT
Abnormal sound heard during auscultation of the heart, such as a whooshing sound created by a valve not completely closing. Most heart murmurs are harmless.
What is heart murmur?