MD400I-REV 11

PILATES

100

BNP TEST

MEASUREMENT OF BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN BLOOD

BNP IS ELEVATED IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE

200

CARDIAC BIOMARKERS

CHEMICALS ARE MEASURED IN THE BLOOD AS EVIDENCE OF A HEART ATTACK

DAMAGES HEART MUSCLE RELEASES CHEMICALS INTO THE BLOODSTREAM

300

LIPID TESTS

MEASUREMENT OF CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES (FATS) IN A BLOOD SAMPLE

HIGH LEVELS OF LIPIDS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ATHEROSCLEROSIS

400

LIPOPROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS

COMBINATIONS OF FAT AND PROTEIN ARE PHYSICALLY SEPARATED AND MEASURED IN A BLOOD SAMPLE

LDL-BAD

HDL-GOOD. PROTECTS FROM ATHEROSCLEROSIS

500

ANGIOGRAPHY

X-RAY IMAGING OF BLOOD VESSELS AFTER INJ OF CONTRAST MATERIAL

STRENGTH TRAINING

100

CTA

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY

THREE DIMENSIONAL X-RAY IMAGES OF HEART AND CORONARY ARTERIES USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (64-SLICE CT SCANNER)

200

DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY (DSA)

VIDEO EQUIPMENT AND A COMPUTER PRODUCE X-RAY IMAGES OF BLOOD VESSELS

300

DOPPLER ULTRASOUND STUDIES

SOUND WAVES MEASURE BLOOD FLOW WITHIN BLOOD VESSELS

400

ECHO

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

ECHOES GENERATED BY HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES PRODUCE IMAGES OF THE HEART

500

PET SCAN (POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY)

IMAGES SHOW BLOOD FLOW AND MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION FOLLOWING UPTAKE OF RADIOACTIVE GLUCOSE

40 MIN RUN

100

CARDIAC MRI

IMAGES OF HEART ARE PRODUCED USING RADIOWAVE ENERGY IN A MAGNETIC FIELD

200

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION

THIN, FLEXIBLE TUBE IS GUIDED INTO THE HEART VIA A VEIN OR AN ARTERY

300

ECG

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

RECORDING OF ELECTRICITY FLOWING THROUGH THE HEART

400

STRESS TEST

EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST WHICH DETERMINES THE HEARTS RESPONSE TO PHYSICAL EXERTION (STRESS)

500

ANEURYSM

A BULGING, WEAKENED AREA IN THE WALL OF A BLOOD VESSEL RESULTING IN AN ABNORMAL WIDENING OR BALLOONING GREATER THAN 50% OF THE VESSELS NORMAL DIAMETER (WIDTH)

MAY OCCUR IN ANY BLOOD VESSEL, BUT MOST OFTEN SEEN IN AN ARTERY RATHER THAN A VEIN

BOSU EXERCISES

100

AAA

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM

200

BBB

BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK

300

CCU

CORONARY CARE UNIT

400

LBBB

LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK

500

RBBB

RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK

BALANCE

100

ANGINA

CHEST PAIN RESULTING FROM MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA

200

BIVENTRICULAR PACEMAKER

DEVISE ENABLING VENTRICLES TO BEAT TOGETHERSO THAT MORE BLOOD IS PUMPED OUT OF THE HEART

300

INFARCTION

AREA OF DEAD TISSUE

400

CLAUDICATION

PAIN,TENSION, AND WEAKNESS IN A LEG AFTER WALKING HAS BEGUN, BUT ABSENCE OF PAIN AT REST

500

BRUIT

ABNORMAL BLOWING OR SWISHING SOUND HEARD DURING AUSCULTATION OF AN ARTERTY OR ORGAN