Diagnostic Tests & Procedures
The pressure exerted by the blood on the wall of an artery or vein. Blood pressure is measured using a sphygmomanometer
What is Blood Pressure?
The transfer of blood, or blood components
What is a blood Transfusion?
Medication used to prevent or alleviate angina
What is antianginal?
AV
What is the abbreviation for atrioventricular?
Disorder involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin
What is anemia?
Process of listening to the internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope
What is an auscultation?
The replacement of diseased bone-marrow cells in a patient with healthy bone-marrow cells from a donor
What is bone marrow transplantation?
An agent used to alleviate or prevent cardiac arrhythmia.
What is an antiarrhythmic?
BP
What is the abbreviation for blood Pressure?
Disorder in which the bone marrow does not produce enough new red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
What is aplastic anemia?
Passage of a tiny plastic tube into the heart through a blood vessel, usually through the femoral artery in the leg
What is a cardiac catheterization?
Procedure in which controlled electrical shocks are sent through the heart to restore normal cardiac rhythm in a patient with arrhythmia.
What is a cardioversion?
An agent used to prevent the formation of blood clots. Also known as a blood thinner.
What is an anticoagulant?
BPM
What is the abbreviation for Beats Per Minute?
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?
A radiograph test that uses a contrast agent and a camera to take pictures of the blood flow in arteries or veins.
What is an angiogram?
A shunt, 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)
Medication used to counteract high blood pressure.
What is an antihypertensive?
CABG
What is the abbreviation for coronary artery bypass graft?
Disorder in which the body does not manufacture enough RBCs due to a vitamin B12 deficiency.
What is pernicious anemia?
Procedure in which blood flow and blood pressure are measured using ultrasound technology
What is a Doppler ultrasound?
Procedure used to stop atrial or ventricular fibrillation
What is defibrillation?
Medication that keeps the body from making angiotensin II, a hormone that causes blood vessels to constrict
What is an angiotensin-converting (ACE) inhibitor?
EKG
What is the abbreviation for electrocardiogram?
Genetic disease in which the body manufactures red blood cells that are shaped like a sickle, or crescent, rather than the normal disk shape.
What is sickle-cell anemia?