diagnostic tests and procedures
A radiograph test that uses a contrast agent (dye) and a camera to take pictures of the blood flow in arteries or veins.
What is angiogram
The transfer of blood, or blood components such as red blood cells, from a donor to a recipient
What is blood transfusion.
An agent that stimulates dilatation (dilation or widening) of blood vessels.
What is vasodilator.
AV
What is Atrioventricular.
Disorder involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin
What is anemia.
Process of listening to the internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope
What is auscultation
The replacement of diseased bone-marrow cells in a patient with healthy bone-marrow cells from a donor
What is bone marrow transplant.
Medication used to counteract high blood pressure.
What is antihypertensive.
IV
What is Intravenous
Disorder in which the bone marrow does not produce enough new red blood cells (RBCs), white blood cells (WBCs), and platelets.
What is aplastic anemia.
The pressure exerted by the blood on the wall of an artery or vein. Blood pressure is measured using a sphygmomanometer (SFIG-moh-muh-NAH-muh-tur).
What is blood pressure (BP)
Procedure in which controlled electrical shocks are sent through the heart to restore normal cardiac rhythm in a patient with arrhythmia.
What is cardioversion.
An agent used to alleviate or prevent cardiac arrhythmia.
What is antiarrhythmic
HTN
What is hypertension
Disorder marked by excessive destruction of RBCs.
What is hemolytic anemia
A noninvasive diagnostic method that uses ultrasound to visualize internal cardiac structures.
What is echo cardiogram.
A shunt (passageway), established surgically, that allows blood to travel from the aorta to a branch of the coronary artery at a point beyond an obstruction
What is coronary artery bypass graft.
Medication used to prevent or alleviate angina (spasmodic chest pain).
What is antianginal.
MUGA
What is echocardiogram/multigated acquisition
Condition in which the body does not have enough red blood cells due to lack of iron, which is a mineral essential for hemoglobin production.
What is iron-deficient anemia
Passage of a tiny plastic tube into the heart through a blood vessel, usually through the femoral artery in the leg; used to diagnose heart diseases or abnormalities
What is cardiac catheterization.
A minimally invasive procedure for opening up blocked coronary arteries, allowing blood to circulate unobstructed to the heart muscle
What is percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Medication that keeps the body from making angiotensin II, a hormone that causes blood vessels to constrict
angiotensin-converting (ACE) inhibitor
mmHg
What is millimeters of mercury (a measure of blood pressure)
Genetic disease in which the body manufactures red blood cells that are shaped like a sickle, or crescent, rather than the normal disk shape. Sickle-shaped RBCs disrupt blood flow in the blood vessels
What is sickle cell anemia.