diagnostic tests and procedures
meaning of combining form arteries/o
what is artery
The transfer of blood, or blood components such as red blood cells, from a donor to a recipient
what is blood transfusion
Medication used to prevent or alleviate angina
what is antiangial
what does the abbreviation BP stand for
what is blood pressure?
Disorder involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin
what is anemia
what is the combining form of heart?
what is casrdi/o
The replacement of diseased bone-marrow cells in a patient with healthy bone-marrow cells from a donor
what is bone marrow transplant
An agent used to alleviate or prevent cardiac arrhythmia.
what is antiarrythmic
what disease does DVT stand for
what is deep vein thrombosis
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
Process of listening to the internal sounds of the body using a stethoscope
what is auscultation
The grafting of a living heart to a patient, from a donor who was clinically brain-dead but on life support.
what is heart transplant
An agent used to prevent the formation of blood clots. Also known as a blood thinner.
what is anticoagulant
what is the abbreviation for hypertension
what is HTN
Localized, balloon-like dilation of a blood vessel, usually an artery
what is an anuerysm
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 catherization
An electrical device that is implanted in the chest or abdomen to control abnormal cardiac rhythms through a series of electrical discharges
what is pacemaker
Medication used to counteract high blood pressure.
what is antihypertensive
what does the abbreviation PED mean
what is positron emission tomography
Genetic disorder in which the body produces less hemoglobin than normal.
what is thalassemia
Procedure in which blood flow and blood pressure are measured using ultrasound technology (high-frequency sound waves). The sound waves are “bounced” off red blood cells as they circulate through the blood vessels. Doppler sonography differs from standard ultrasound imaging procedures in that the latter cannot measure blood flow.
what is doppler ultrasound
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
A drug used to dilate (widen) arteries and reduce blood pressure, making it easier for the heart to pump blood.
what is calcium channel blocker
what does the abbreviations PTCA mena
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Disorder in which the body does not manufacture enough RBCs due to a vitamin B12 deficiency.
what is pernicious anemia