| Question |
Answer |
| angioplasty | procedure in which a small catheter with a ballon on the end is inserted into a blood vessel to reshape the inside of the vessel. |
| bypass surgery | surgery done on blood vessels for the purpose of placing a graft that will bypass an occluded or blocked blood vessel. |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation | CPR - act of restoring consciousness by forcing air into the lungs and forcing blood from the heart. |
| defibrillation | stopping the uncontrolled twiching of the heart through the use of medications or elctric shock. |
| embolectomy | surgical removal of a blood clot. |
| endarterectomy | surgical removal of the thrombus and the abnormally thickened inside lining of an artery. |
| heart transplant | procedure in which the heart of one person is put into the body of another person. |
| intravenous therapy | injection into a vein of essential nutrients or drugs for the treatment of disease. |
| mitral commissurotomy | surgical cutting of the seam of the two flaps of the mitral valve. |
| open-heart surgery | surgical procedure during which the heart is opened. |
| pacemaker implant | implanting of an artificial device that keeps the rate of the heart in a desirable range. |
| valve replacement | surgical procedure in which a valve that is defective is replace with a new valve. |
| valvuloplasty | repair of a defective heart valve. |
| venipuncture | puncture of a vein with a needle or the insertion of a catheter. |
| anticoagulant | drugs that work against the clotting of blood |
| antianginal agents | drugs that work against the strangling pain in the chest. |
| antidysrhythmic agents | class of medicines that work against the lack of rhythm of the heart. |
| thrombolytic agents | drugs that break apart blood clots. |
| vasoconstrictor agents | drugs that act to narrow or constrict blood vessels |
| vasodilators | drugs that act to widen or dilate blood vessels. |
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