Diagnostic Tests & Procedures
Process of listening to the internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope.
What is auscultation?
The transfer of blood, or blood components such as red blood cells, from a donor to a recipient.
What is a blood transfusion?
Medication used to prevent or alleviate angina (spasmodic chest pain).
What is antianginal?
Atrioventricular
What is AV?
Disorder involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin.
What is anemia?
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 replacement of diseased bone-marrow cells in a patient with healthy bone-marrow cells from a donor.
What is bone marrow transplant?
An agent used to alleviate or prevent cardiac arrhythmia.
What is antiarrhythmic?
Bloodwork
What is BW?
Disorder marked by excessive destruction of RBCs.
What is hemolytic anemia?
The pressure exerted by the blood on the wall of an artery or vein. Blood pressure is measured using a sphygmomanometer.
Procedure in which controlled electrical shocks are sent through the heart to restore normal cardiac rhythm in a patient with arrhythmia.
What is cardioversion?
A drug used to treat angina, hypertension, and heart rhythm disorders, as well as migraines, panic attacks, and tremors.
What is beta blocker?
Congestive heart failure
What is CHF?
Disorder in which the bone marrow does not produce enough new red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), and platelets.
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 (CABG)?
A drug used to dilate (widen) arteries and reduce blood pressure, making it easier for the heart to pump blood.
What is calcium channel blocker?
Deep vein thrombosis
What is DVT?
Condition in which the body does not have enough red blood cells due to lack of iron, which is a mineral essential for hemoglobin production.
What is iron-deficient anemia?
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.
What is doppler sonography or doppler ultrasound?
A minimally invasive procedure for opening up blocked coronary arteries, allowing blood to circulate unobstructed to the heart muscle. During PTCA, a tiny balloon is inserted in a blocked artery. The balloon is inflated to widen the artery and is then removed. Often, a wire mesh tube called a stent is permanently placed inside the artery to keep it unobstructed. PTCA is often performed during a cardiac catheterization to aid the cardiologist in making a diagnosis.
What is percutaneous translational coronary angioplasty (PTCA)?
Medication used to reduce lipid concentrations in the blood serum (blood plasma without clotting factors).
What is hypolipidemic?
Hemoglobin
What is HCT or Hct?
Genetic disease in which the body manufactures red blood cells that are shaped like a sickle, or crescent, rather than the normal disk shape. Sickle-shaped RBCs disrupt blood flow in the blood vessels.
What is sickle-cell anemia?