Anatomy
The largest vessel in the human body.
What is the Aorta?
The number one cause of death in the United States.
What is Cardiovascular Disease?
A decision from an insurer or plan that a service is medically necessary.
What is an Insurance Authorization?
Measuring electrical activity of the human heart through repeated cardiac cycles.
What is an electrocardiogram (ECG)?
Vice chairperson of Cardiology at Lenox Hill.
Who is David Vorchheimer?
These vessel supply blood to the brain.
What are the Carotid Arteries?
This occurs when blood flow to a portion of the heart is blocked.
What is a Heart Attack?
Written approval to see a specialist.
What is an Insurance Referral?
Procedure we use to test performace of the heart during physical activity.
What is a stress test?
72 degrees farenheit.
What is typical Northwell temperature?
This chamber is where blood enters the heart.
What is the Right Atrium?
Pressure, squeezing, fullness, shortness of breath, nausea and sweating.
What are symptoms of a heart attack?
Denying payment of services.
What is the only job insurance companies have?
Procedure we use to evaluate valve structure and wall motion.
What is an echocardiogram?
Reason for why we perform echos before nukes on the same day.
What is ALARA?
This chamber pushes blood out to the rest of the body.
What is the Left Ventricle?
Stop smoking, lose weight, eat healthy, and exercise.
What are ways to reduce risk of heart disease?
Shortness of breath, chest pain, hypertension, and murmur.
What are reasons to get an echo approved?
What is a nuclear stress test?
Required payment for medical visits.
What is a copayment?
Number of chambers in the human heart.
What is four?
Another word for heart attack.
What is a myocardial infarction?
Most commercial insurances require a face to face encounter within this timeframe to approve echos.
What is 60 days?
Preferred method of stopping a heart attack.
What is angioplasty/stenting?
This doctor has the most patients in the practice.
Who is John Minutillo?