Pace Yourself
A resting heart rate over 100 bpm.
What is tachycardia?
This is the technique of mechanically widening narrowed or obstructed arteries, the latter typically being a result of atherosclerosis.
What is angioplasty?
This item is used in order to sustain a passage open and blockage free.
What is a stent?
This is a blood clot.
What is a thrombus?
This is also known as a heart attack.
What is myocardial infarction?
This is irregular heartbeat or abnormal heart rhythm
What is arrythmia?
This is when an artery and a neighboring vein are joined, for the purpose of increasing blood flow.
What is arteriovenous anastomosis?
The use of high-energy shock waves to fragment and disintegrate kidney stones
What is lithrotripsy?
Reason why CABG are performed.
What is blood flow improvement to the heart?
This means the catheter is not moving.
What is non selective catherization?
This is also called the "battery' of a pacemaker.
What is a pulse generator?
An experimental procedure in which skeletal muscles are taken from a patient's back or abdomen. Then they're wrapped around an ailing heart. This added muscle, aided by ongoing stimulation from a device similar to a pacemaker, may boost the heart's pumping motion
What is cardiomyoplasty?
This kind of therapy clears up blood clots by continous infusion of a thromolytic agent.
What is transcatheter therapy?
These Saphenous, radial, and femopopliteal are all types of these.
What are arteries and veins?
AV is the abbreviation for this.
What is arteriovenous ?
This is a small battery-powered electrical impulse generator that is implanted in patients who are at risk of sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia.
What is a cardioverter defibrillator?
The excision of an obstructing thrombus together with a portion of the inner lining of the obstructed artery.
What is thromboendarterectomy?
The x-ray study of the blood vessels
What is angiography?
When a physician assists in graft procurement this is used to identify the service.
What is modifier 80?
The abbreviation for this is STEMI.
What is ST elevation myocardial infarcation?
This type of pacemaker/defibrillator has pacing and sensing function in three or more chambers.
What is a multiple lead?
With a larger chance of infection this catheter is placed directly in one of the great vessels for access.
What is non tunneled catheter?
These new cardiac aortic procedures require 2 physicians ( mod 62).
What is TAVR ( transcatheter aortic valve placement)?
In order to code a CABG you need to know these (4) things.
How many grafts, venous or arterial, how were they harvested, and if a previous CABG has been performed.
These are the five vascular families.
What is arterial, venous, pulmonary, portal and lymphatic.