Arteries and veins
carries blood away from the heart
Arteries
This is a tool used to listen to internal body sounds
Stethoscope
Pertaining to blood condition
-emic
Electrical device implanted into the chest control abnormal cardiac rhythms
Pacemaker
Someone who studies and treats conditions of the heart
Cardiologist
Carries blood towards the heart
Veins
The process of listening to internal body sounds
Auscultation
Pressure
-tension
Enlarged, twisted, superficial veins
Varicose veins
Provides assistance to doctors in diagnosing and treating heart diseases and conditions
Cardiovascular technologist
Blood vessel that carries blood away from the right ventricle into the pulmonary circulatory system
Pulmonary artery
The procedure in which blood flow is measured using high frequency sounds waves
Doppler ultrasound
To enlarge or expand
Dilat/o
Inflammation of the myocardium
Myocarditis
A nurse who measure patients heart rhythm using sophisticated equipemnt
Telemetry nurse
Blood vessel that carries blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart
Pulmonary veins
Test that uses a radioactive tracer to look for disease or poor blood flow in the heart
PET scan
Wall; partition
Sept/o
Condition of higher than normal blood pressure
Hypertension
Someone who does surgery on the heart
Cardiovascular surgeon
The largest artery in the body, which carries oxygen-rich blood away from the heart into the systemic circulation system
Aorta
Used to measure blood presssue
Sphygmomanometer
Clot
Thromb/o
Tissue death in the heart muscle resulting from an occluded coronar artery
Myocardial infarction
A job that involves a range of task relating to cardiac electrophysiology.
Electrophysiologist Cardiologist