Diseases and Conditions🤒
irregular heartbeat
What is arrhythmia?
The largest artery in the body
What is the aorta?
It records the heart's electrical activity to detect abnormal rhythms
What is an electrocardiogram or EKG?
Procedure used to stop atrial or ventricular fibrillation
What is a defibrillator?
The abbreviation "BW" stands for
what is "blood work"
localized, balloon-like dilation of a blood vessel, usually an artery
What is an aneurysm?
the largest vein in the human body
What is the Inferior Vena cava?
Uses sound waves or ultrasound to create images of the heart chambers, valves, and muscle movement
What is an echocardiogram?
An electrical device implanted in the chest or abdomen to control abnormal cardiac rhythms
What is a pacemaker?
meaning for the combining form “Phleb/o"
what is "vein"?
inflammation of the inner layer of the heart muscle
What is endocarditis?
four major blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from your lungs to your left atrium of your heart
what are Pulmonary veins?
performed during a heart catherteization, dye is injected through the catheter and viewed through an X-ray to find blockages or narrowings in the coronary arteries
What is a Coronary Angiogram?
A machine that continuously records heart rhythms, often worn for 24-48 hours to assist with diagnosing an arrhythmia condition
What is a Holter monitor?
suffix meaning "blood condition"
what is "-emia"
condition of a diseased heart muscle
What is cardiomyopathy?
The one-way heart valve that is between the left atrium and the left ventricle
What is the mitral valve?
analyzes the specific chemical elements of your blood
What is a blood chemistry test?
A minimally invasive procedure for opening up blocked coronary arteries. Allows blood to circulate unobstructed to the heart muscles
what is Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)?
meaning of the abbreviation CHF
What is congestive heart failure?
disorder involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin
anemia
the thin, fluid-filled, double-walled sac that surrounds the heart and the roots of its major blood vessels, situated in the middle mediastinum of the chest
What is the pericardium?
measures blood pressure and flow through an ultrasound technology
What is Doppler sonography?
A shunt that is 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 a Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)?
Separation of blood into its component parts using a special machine
what is Apheresis?