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Which of the following is also called a heart attack?
peripheral arterial disease.
A malignant disease characterized by an excessive increase in abnormal leukocytes formed in the bone marrow is
leukemia.
A sudden cessation of cardiac output and effective circulation is called
cardiac arrest.
A test done to determine the time it takes for a blood clot to form is called
coagulation time.
An inherited bleeding disorder most commonly caused by a deficiency of the coagulation factor VIII is
hemophilia.
Blood pressure may be reduced with the use of an agent that expands the diameter of blood vessels, or a
vasodilator.
Blood pressure may be reduced with the use of an agent that expands the diameter of blood vessels, or a
vasodilator.
Following illness with rheumatic fever, the child began showing signs of narrowing of the mitral valve from scarring or
mitral valve stenosis.
The abbreviation for anuclear medicine scan that visualizes the heart from several different anglesis
SPECT.
The abbreviation for record of the electrical activity of the heart is
ECG.
The abbreviation for record of the electrical activity of the heart is
ECG.
The patient had shortness of breath and pain radiating down his left arm. An EKG showed abnormalities. To further define the etiology of the patient’s symptoms, the cardiologist passed a catheter into his heart from a vessel in the groin to examine the condition of the heart, or
cardiac catheterization.
The prefix pan- means
all, total.
The pronunciation of the anatomic term for transparent, colorless, tissue fluid that contains lymphocytes and monocytes is called
(limf).
The radiographic image of a vein is called a(n)
venogram.
The suffix that means abnormal reduction in number is
-penia.
The suffix that means abnormal reduction in number is
-penia.
The term echocardiogram is defined as the
record of the heart (structure and motion) using sound waves.
The term ischemia is defined as
deficiency in blood (flow).
The term systole is defined as
a phase in the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles contract and eject blood.
The term that means inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart is
pericarditis.
The term that means inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart is
pericarditis.
The term that means surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the sac surrounding the heart is
pericardiocentesis.
Which of the following is also called a heart attack?
Myocardial infarction
The term Dyastole is defined as
a phase in the cardiac cycle in which the ventricles expand (resting)