Combining Forms
This term is used to describe Vein
What is Phleb/o?
This is a type of heart rhythm abnormality
What is Atrial Fibrillation?
This is heart pain or other discomfort felt in the chest
What is Angina?
this term means bursting forth of blood
What is Hemorrhage?
This represents a test or procedure
What is INR?
This term is used to describe the Atria
What is Atri/o?
This is related to incompetent valves
What are Varicose Veins
This may occur if an aortic aneurysm is not repaired
What is Aortoclasia?
this is a term that indicates narrowing of a vein
What is Phlebostenosis?
this is a strip of paper that displays a cardiac rhythm
electrocardiogram (ECG)
This term is used to describe Blood
What is Hemat/o?
What is undissolved matter floating in blood or lymph fluid?
What is Embolus?
a condition in which the heart becomes compressed from an excessive collection of fluid or blood between the pericardial membrane and the heart
What is Cardiomyopathy?
temporary reduction in blood supply to a localized area of tissue
What is Ischemia?
This is a test to examine heart vessels
What is an Angiography?
This term is used to describe the Heart
What is Cardi/o?
a chronic disorder marked by increased number and mass of all bone marrow cells, especially RBCs, with increased blood viscosity and a tendency to develop blood clots
What is Polycythemia?
This is thickening, loss of elasticity, and loss of contractility of arterial walls; commonly called hardening of the arteries
What is arteriosclerosis?
This is a soft blowing sound caused by turbulent blood flow in a vessel
This is the process of dissolving or destroying a blood clot
What is Thrombolysis?
This term is used to describe the Aorta
What is Aort/o?
This is a serious condition in which widespread, microvascular blood clotting occurs while the patient has symptoms of hemorrhage
What is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation? (DIC)
These are two key components in Coronary Artery Disease
What is atherosclerosis & arteriosclerosis?
This is infection of the inner lining of the heart that may cause vegetation to form within one or more heart chambers or valves
What is Endocarditis?
A surgeon uses this when performing a Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
angiorrhaphy