Diagnostic Tests & Procedures
Process of listening to the internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope
What is auscultation?
The transfer of blood, or blood components such as red blood cells, from a donor to a recipient
What is a blood transfusion?
Medication used to prevent or alleviate angina
What is antianginal?
BP
What is blood pressure?
Disorder involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin
What is anemia?
Any of a variety of tests that measure the ability of a patient’s blood to clot properly.
What is a coagulation test?
The grafting of a living heart to a patient, from a donor who was clinically brain-dead but on life support.
What is a heart transplantation?
An agent used to alleviate or prevent cardiac arrhythmia.
What is antiarrhythmic?
BW
What is blood work?
Disorder marked by excessive destruction of RBCs.
What is hemolytic anemia?
The pressure exerted by the blood on the wall of an artery or vein. Blood pressure is measured using a sphygmomanometer
What is blood pressure?
A surgical procedure that removes plaque from the lining of an artery.
What is a endarterectomy?
Medication used to counteract high blood pressure.
What is antihypertensive?
WBC
What is white blood cells?
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?
A series of tests that analyze the individual chemical elements of the blood.
What is a blood chemistry profile?
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 a coronary artery bypass graft?
An agent that stimulates dilatation (dilation or widening) of blood vessels.
What is vasodilator?
DVT
What is deep vein thrombosis?
Localized, balloon-like dilation of a blood vessel, usually an artery
What is aneurysm?
Separation of blood into its component parts using a special machine. Apheresis removes toxic substances or autoantibodies from the blood or harvests (collects) blood cells. Autoantibodies are antibodies produced by the immune system. They act against a body’s tissues, causing an autoimmune disease
What is apheresis?
A minimally invasive procedure for opening up blocked coronary arteries, allowing blood to circulate unobstructed to the heart muscle (Figure 6.34). During PTCA, a tiny balloon is inserted in a blocked artery. The balloon is inflated to widen the artery and is then removed. Often, a wire mesh tube called a stent is permanently placed inside the artery to keep it unobstructed. PTCA is often performed during a cardiac catheterization to aid the cardiologist in making a diagnosis.
What is a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty?
Medication used to reduce lipid concentrations in the blood serum (blood plasma without clotting factors).
What is hypolipidemic?
ICD
What is implantable cardioverter defibrillator?
Condition characterized by severe, constricting pain or pressure in the chest; often referred to as angina pectoris
What is angina?