"Branching", to divide or fork into 2 or more branches
What is Bifurcation
100
This substance is injected into the body as contrast in a CCTA (Cardiac CT Angiography) exam to allow the Physician to visualize blood vessels and analyze flow.
What is Iodine
100
There are 5 different phases of this as it relates to your heart, but you might also catch a sweet one of these in Hawaii......Lee.....
What are waves (P, Q, R, S, T)
200
This technique is used to improve temporal resolution and minimize imagine artifacts caused by cardiac motion. 2 approaches are "prospective" and "retrospective"
What is Gating
200
If you have any of "this" (element) on your body, an MRI is not the place for you..better get to the nearest CT
What is metal
200
Unit of measurement to describe the strength of the MRI magnet
What is the Tesla (MRI's come in 1.5 and 3 Tesla magnet sizes)
200
The "Big Daddy" of Arteries, you have 2, a descending and ascending one
What is the Aorta
300
This occurs when an excessive localized enlargement of an artery occurs, caused by the weakening of the artery wall.
What is Aneurysm
300
If you have an allergy to this nautical "friend" you might want to consider an MRI instead of a CT.
What is Shellfish
300
The MRI is good at detecting this, and your little brother is good at causing this...
What is a Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction or "death of the heart muscle")
300
The big room. You have a left and right side, on the left it works with the lungs, on the right with the veins...might also find this in the houses of our California employees...letting in all that Vitamin K.
What is the Atrium
400
The condition of being open, expanded or unobstructed.
What is Patency
400
Used to dialate the arteries in a Cardiac CT exam
What is Nitro Glycerin
400
Cardiac MRI does a good job of detecting myocardial perfusion, or flow of blood to the myocardium (or lack thereof). This procedure, also done on other modalities, is especially helpful to this end. It is also used to detect how the heart will respond to treatments for CAD such as coronary bypass surgery or angioplasty.
What is Stress MRI
400
This artery typically runs in front of the heart, separating the right and left ventricle...its abbreviation is also used to as another term for a Young Man in the "King's English."
What is the LAD (Left Anterior Descending) Artery
500
Abnormal shadowing noted on a radiograph or degraded image quality. Some common types are "motion" and "respiratory"
What are Artifacts
500
This substance is found in milk, but the buildup of it within your veins restricts arterial blood flow, so it's a good idea for men over 40 and women over 50 to get a screening exam to check on it.
What is Calcium
500
This procedure, which gives Doctors clear images of blood vessels without exposing them to radiation or cardiac catheterization, uses contrast to identify Aortic Aneurysm, Coarctation, and Dissection of the Aorta
What is Contrast Enhanced MRA (CEMRA)
500
In the brain these contain Cerebral Spinal Fluid...in the heart they collect blood from the Atrium and send it to the lungs through the left one and the rest of the body's circulatory system through the right.