Combining Form
Combining form for chest.
What is Steth/o?
Suffix for an instrument to meassure pressure.
What is -manometer?
Abbreviation for blood pressure.
What is BP?
Procedure of ballon angioplasty.
What is PTAC/Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty?
Term for a tube used to move fluids in or out of the body.
What is Catheter?
Combining form for clot.
What is Thromb/o?
Suffix for small
What is -ole?
Abbreviation for electrocardiogram.
What is EKG?
Procedure of visualizing heart after patient is given radioactive thallium.
What is Cardian Scan?
Term for backflow of blood through a valve.
What is Regurgitation?
Combining form for fatty substance.
What is Ather/o?
Suffix for pressure.
What is -tension?
Abbreviation for coronary care unit.
What is CCU?
Procedure of removing varicose veins.
What is Ligation and Stripping?
Term for blood clot in a blood vessel.
What is Thrombus?
Combining form for a vein.
What is Phleb/o?
Suffix for narrowing.
What is -stenosis?
Abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
What is CPR?
Procedure of blood tests that indicate heart muscle damage.
What is Cardiac Enzymes?
Term for an abnormal heart sound.
What is a Murmur?
Combining form for heart muscle.
What is Myocardi/o?
Suffix for involuntary.
What is -spasm?
Abbreviation for the first heart sound.
What is S1?
Procedure of using the treadmill to evaluate cardiac fitness.
What is Stress Testing?
Term for a blood pressure cuff.
What is a Sphygmomanometer?