PILATES
BNP TEST
MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN BLOOD
BNP IS ELEVATED IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE
CTA
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY
THREE DIMENSIONAL X-RAY IMAGES OF HEART AND CORONARY ARTERIES USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (64-SLICE CT SCANNER)
CARDIAC MRI
IMAGES OF HEART ARE PRODUCED USING RADIOWAVE ENERGY IN A MAGNETIC FIELD
AAA
ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
ANGINA
CHEST PAIN RESULTING FROM MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA
CARDIAC BIOMARKERS
CHEMICALS ARE MEASURED IN THE BLOOD AS EVIDENCE OF A HEART ATTACK
DAMAGES HEART MUSCLE RELEASES CHEMICALS INTO THE BLOODSTREAM
DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY (DSA)
VIDEO EQUIPMENT AND A COMPUTER PRODUCE X-RAY IMAGES OF BLOOD VESSELS
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
THIN, FLEXIBLE TUBE IS GUIDED INTO THE HEART VIA A VEIN OR AN ARTERY
BBB
BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
BIVENTRICULAR PACEMAKER
DEVISE ENABLING VENTRICLES TO BEAT TOGETHERSO THAT MORE BLOOD IS PUMPED OUT OF THE HEART
LIPID TESTS
MEASUREMENT OF CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES (FATS) IN A BLOOD SAMPLE
HIGH LEVELS OF LIPIDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS
DOPPLER ULTRASOUND STUDIES
SOUND WAVES MEASURE BLOOD FLOW WITHIN BLOOD VESSELS
ECG
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
RECORDING OF ELECTRICITY FLOWING THROUGH THE HEART
CCU
CORONARY CARE UNIT
INFARCTION
AREA OF DEAD TISSUE
LIPOPROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS
COMBINATIONS OF FAT AND PROTEIN ARE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED AND MEASURED IN A BLOOD SAMPLE
LDL-BAD
HDL-GOOD. PROTECTS FROM ATHEROSCLEROSIS
ECHO
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
ECHOES GENERATED BY HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES PRODUCE IMAGES OF THE HEART
STRESS TEST
EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST WHICH DETERMINES THE HEARTS RESPONSE TO PHYSICAL EXERTION (STRESS)
LBBB
LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
CLAUDICATION
PAIN,TENSION, AND WEAKNESS IN A LEG AFTER WALKING HAS BEGUN, BUT ABSENCE OF PAIN AT REST
ANGIOGRAPHY
X-RAY IMAGING OF BLOOD VESSELS AFTER INJ OF CONTRAST MATERIAL
PET SCAN (POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY)
IMAGES SHOW BLOOD FLOW AND MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION FOLLOWING UPTAKE OF RADIOACTIVE GLUCOSE
ANEURYSM
A BULGING, WEAKENED AREA IN THE WALL OF A BLOOD VESSEL RESULTING IN AN ABNORMAL WIDENING OR BALLOONING GREATER THAN 50% OF THE VESSELS NORMAL DIAMETER (WIDTH)
MAY OCCUR IN ANY BLOOD VESSEL, BUT MOST OFTEN SEEN IN AN ARTERY RATHER THAN A VEIN
RBBB
RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
BRUIT
ABNORMAL BLOWING OR SWISHING SOUND HEARD DURING AUSCULTATION OF AN ARTERTY OR ORGAN