Diseases and conditions
Abnormal sound heard on auscultation caused by defects in the valves or chambers of the heart
What is a murmur?
total blockage
What is an occlusion?
Insertion of a small tube (catheter) through a vein or artery, usually of an arm (brachial approach) or leg (femoral approach); the tube is threaded through a blood vessel until it reaches the heart; used to inject a contrast medium for imaging, diagnosing abnormalities, obtaining blood samples, or measuring pressure within the heart, and often includes interventional procedures, such as angioplasty and atherectomy
What is cardiac catheterization?
Electrocardiography (ECG) taken under controlled exercise stress conditions (typically using a treadmill) while measuring oxygen consumption ECG that uses a radioisotope to evaluate coronary blood flow
What is stress test nuclear?
Portable computerized device that analyzes the patient’s heart rhythm and delivers an electrical shock to stimulate a heart in cardiac arrest
What is an automatic external defibrillator
Build a word that means inflammation of the arteries
What is Arteritis
Create a word that means pertaining to the vein
What is venous
Necrosis of a portion of cardiac muscle caused by partial or complete occlusion of one or more coronary arteries; also called heart attack
What is a myocardial infarction?
narrowing of the coronary arteries resulting in failure of the arteries to deliver an adequate supply of oxygenated blood to the heart muscle
What is coronary artery disease?
Battery of blood tests performed to determine the presence of cardiac damage
What are cardiac enzyme studies?
Blood test that measures protein released into blood by damaged heart muscle (not skeletal muscle) and is a highly sensitive, specific indicator of recent myocardial infarction (MI)
What is troponin I
Treatment of large varicose veins in the legs, in which a laser fiber is inserted directly into the affected vein to heat the lining within the vein, causing it to collapse, shrink, and eventually disappear
What is an endovenous laser therapy
Build a word that means tumor of fatty plaque
What is atheroma
Build a word that means separation, loosening, destruction of a blood clot:
What is thrombolysis
Inadequate supply of oxygenated blood to a body part as a result of an interruption of blood flow
what is ischemia?
death of the heart muscle
What is infarction?
Ultrasound technique that records blood flow velocity (speed) to image major blood vessels (arteries or veins in arms, neck, legs, abdomen) to detect obstructions caused by atherosclerotic plaques in patients at risk for a stroke;
What is doppler ultrasonography
Surgery that opens a blocked artery by inflating a small balloon within a catheter to widen and restore blood flow in the artery
What is an angioplasty?
Chemical injection into a varicose vein that causes inflammation and formation of fibrous tissue, which closes the vein
What is sclerotherapy
Create a word that means structure of the atrium
What is atrium?
Build a word that means pertaining to dilated vein
What is varicous
Structural abnormality in which the mitral (bicuspid) valve does not close completely, resulting in backflow of blood into the left atrium with each contraction
What is a mitral valve prolapse?
narrowing of the arterial walls
What is arteriostenosis
Ultrasound technique used to image the heart and evaluate how the heart’s chambers and valves are working and to diagnose and detect pathological conditions
What is echocardiography?
Restoration of normal heart rhythm by applying an electrical countershock to the chest by using a device (defibrillator); also called defibrillation
What is cardioversion?
Create a word that means surgical repair of a blood vessel
What is angioplasty?
Build a word that means pertaining to the heart
What is Coronary?
Build a word that means involuntary spasm, twitching of the vessel
What is vasospasm?
Failure of the ductus arteriosus (which connects the pulmonary artery to the aortic arch in a fetus) to close after birth, resulting in an abnormal opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta
What is patent ductus arteriosus
enlarged, twisted superficial veins
What are varicose veins?
Creation and study of graphic recordings (electrocardiograms) produced by electrical activity generated by the heart muscle;
What is electrocadiography?
Device used to administer a defibrillating electrical shock to restore normal heart rhythm
What is defibrillator?
Create a word that means excision or removal of an aneurysm
What is an Aneurysmectomy
Build a word that means enlargement of the heart
What is Cardiomegaly
Build a word that means instrument for recording electricity of the heart
Severe, sudden vasoconstriction and spasm in fingers and toes followed by cyanosis after exposure to cold temperature or emotional stress;
What is Raynaud Disease?
Formation of a blood clot (thrombus) in one of the deep veins of the lower legs
What is deep vein thrombosis?
Monitoring device worn by a patient that records electrocardiograph readings (usually 24 hours) on a portable recorder while the patient conducts normal daily activities
What is a Holter monitor?
Surgically implanted electrical device that continuously monitors and corrects potentially fatal arrhythmias by delivering low-energy shocks to the heart;
What is an automatic implantable cardioverter-defribillator
Build a word that means narrowing or stricture of the aorta
What is Aortostenosis
Create a word that means inflammation of the vein
What is phlebitis?
Build a word that means the process of recording the vessel
What is angiography?