Diagnostic Tests & Procedures
A radiograph test that uses a contrast agent and a camera to take pictures of the blood flow in the arteries.
Angiogram
The transfer of blood, or blood components such as red blood cells, from a donor to a recipient.
Blood Transfusion
Medication used to prevent or alleviate angina (spasmodic chest pain).
Antianginal
BP
Blood Pressure
A disease that causes weakness, fatigue, pale skin, shortness of breath and dizziness that is caused because of a lack of red blood cells.
Anemia
The pressure exerted by the blood by the blood on the wall of an artery or vein.
Blood Pressure; BP
The replacement of diseased bone-marrow cells in a patient with healthy bone-marrow cells from a donor.
Bone-Marrow Transplant
An agent used to prevent the information of blood clots. also known as a blood thinner.
Anticoagulant
CAD
Coronary Artery Disease
A disease that is often referred to as CAD and causes blockage in the cardiac muscle that is due to build-up.
Coronary Artery Disease; CAD; Coronary Heart Disease; Atherosclerosis
A noninvasive diagnostic method that uses ultrasound to visualize internal cardiac structures.
Echocardiogram; Multigated Acquisition MUGA Scan
Procedure used to stop atrial or ventricular fibrillation by means of drugs or an implantable cardiovascular defibrillator (ICD) which is surgically placed int he chest or abdomen.
Defibrillation
Medications that help dissolve blood clots.
Thrombolytic
DNR
Do Not Resuscitate
A disease that makes the red blood cells look like a crescent, making them break apart easily.
Sickle Cell Disease
A record of the electrical activity of the heart.
Electrocardiogram; ECG; EKG
The grafting of a living heart to a patient, from a donor who was clinically brain-dead but on life support.
Heart Transplantation
An agent that constricts (narrows) blood vessels, increasing blood pressure.
Vasoconstrictor
HR
Heart Rate
A condition in which the heart is in a long-term medical condition where the heart struggles to pump blood.
Heart Failure; Congestive Heart Failure
A series of tests that analyze the individual chemical elements of the blood.
Blood Chemistry Profile
An electrical device that is implanted in the chest or abdomen to control abnormal cardiac rhythms through a series of electrical discharges.
Pacemaker
A drug used to dilate (widen) arteries and reduce blood pressure, making it easier for the hart to pump blood.
Calcium Channel Blocker
VSD
Ventricular Septal Defect
A condition in which a part of the artery wall weakens, where it can bulge and widen like a balloon, which forms a __.
Aneurysm