Question | Answer |
ANEURYSM/O | WIDENED BLOOD VESSEL |
ANGI/O | VESSEL |
VASCUL/O | VESSEL |
AORT/O | VESSEL |
ARTERI/O | ARTERY |
ARTERIOL/O | ARTERIOLE |
ATRI/O | ATRIM |
ATHER/O | FATTY PLAQUE |
CARDI/O | HEART |
ELECTR/O | ELECTRICITY |
EMBOL/O | EMBOLUS |
HEMANGI/O | BLOOD VESSEL |
MY/O | MUSCLE |
PHLEB/O | VEIN |
VEN/O | VEIN |
SCLER/O | HARDENING;SCLERA(WHITE OF EYE) |
SEPT/O | SEPTUM |
SPHYGM/O | PULSE |
STEN/O | NARROWING,STRICTURE |
THROMB/O | BLOOD CLOT |
VENTRICUL/O | VENTRICLE |
-SPHYXIA | PULSE |
-STENOSIS | NARROWING,STRICTURE |
ENDO- | IN,WITHIN |
EXTRA- | OUTSIDE |
-GRAM | RECORD, WRITING |
-GRAPH | INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING |
-GRAPHY | PROCESS FOR RECORDING |
UTILIZES A RADIOISOTOPE TO EVALUATE CORONARY BLOOD FLOW. | NUCLEAR STRESS TEST |
A SMALL PORTABLE RECORDING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF STORING UP TO 24 HOURS OF ECG TRACINGS | HOLTER MONITER TEST |
PASSAGE OF A CATHETER INTO THE HEART THROUGH A VEIN OR ARTERY TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE HEART. | CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION |
INCISION OR PUNTURING OF A VEIN TO REMOVE BLOOD. | PHLEBOTOMY |
TYING OF A VARICOSE VEIN FOLLOWED BY REMOVAL OF THE AFFECTED SEGMENT. | LIGATION AND STRIPPING |
PUNCTURE OF A VEIN BY A NEEDLE ATTACHED TO A SYRINGE OF CATHETER TO WITHDRAW A SPECIMEN OF BLOOD. | ARTERIAL BIOPSY |
GRAPHIC LINE RECORDING THAT SHOWS THE SPREAD OF ELECTRICAL EXCITATION TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HEART NON-INVASIVE. | ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
SERIES OF TESTS USED TO ASSESS RISK FACTORS OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE. | LIPID PANEL |
NON-INVASIVE ADAPTATION OF ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY IN WHICH BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY IS ASSESSED IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE HEART. | DOPPLER ULTRASOUND |
REMOVAL OF MATERIAL FROM AN OCCLUDED VESSEL USING A SPECIALLY DESIGNED CATHETER. | ATHERECTOMY |
PROCESS OF RESTORING THE NORMAL RHYTHM OF THE HEART BY APPLYING A CONTROLLED ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE CHEST. | CARDIOVERSION |
REMOVAL AND EXAMINATION OF A SMALL PIECE OF TISSUE FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES | BIOPSY |
LOCALIZED ABNORMAL DILATION OF A VESSEL, USUALLY AN ARTERY. | ANEURYSM |
EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF LIPIDS IN THE BLOOD. | HYPERLIPIDEMIA |
SOFT BLOWING SOUND HEARD ON AUSCULTAION. | BRUIT |
QUIVERING OR SPONTANEOUS MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS,ESPECIALLY OF THE HEART, CAUSING INEFFECTUAL CONTRACTIONS. | FIBRILLATION |
COMMON DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY ELEVATED BP. | HYPERTENSION |
CIRCULATION OF BLOOD THROUGH TISSUES OR THE PASSAGE OF FLUIDS THROUGH VESSELS OF AN ORGAN. | PERFUSION |
HYPERTENSION IN WHICH THERE IS NO IDENTIFIABLE CAUSE. | PRIMARY HYPERTENSION |
SENSTATION THAT THE HEART IS NOT BEATING NORMALLY. | PALPITATION |
HYPERTENSION THAT RESULTS FROM AND UNDELYING, IDENTIFIABLE COMMONLY CORRECTABLE CAUSE. | ISCHEMIA |
BLOOD CLOT THAT OBSTRUCTS A VESSEL. | THROMBUS |
CONGENITAL ANOMALY CONSISTING OF FOUR ELEMENTS. | TETRALOGY OF FALLOT |
NAME THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF FALLOT. | 1. PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS, 2. INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT, 3. TRANSPOSITON OF THE AORTA,SO THAT BOTH VENTRICLES EMPTY IN THE AORTA, 4. RIGHT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY CAUSED BY INCREASED WORKLOAD. |
DVT | DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS |
AREA OF TISSUE THAT UNDERGOES NECROSIS FOLLOWING CESSATION OF BLOOD SUPPLY. | INFARCT |
DIAGNOSTIC TEST THAT USES RADIATION EMITTED BY THE BODY. | SCINTIGRAPHY |
SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT USES A VESSEL GRAFT FROM ANOTHER PART OF THE BODY TO BYPASS THE BLOCKED PART OF A CORONARY ARTERY. | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS |
CABG | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS |
MI | MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
MR | MITRAL REGURGITATION |
PTCA | PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY |
VT | VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA |
THIN, FLEXIBLE, HOLLOW PLASTIC TUBE THAT IS SMALL ENOUGH TO BE THREADED THROUGH A VEIN. | CATHETER |
ANY DISEASE OR WEAKENING OF HEART MUSCLES THAT DIMINISHES CARDIAC FUNCTION | CARDIOMYOPATHY |
HTN | HYPERTENSION |
MVP | MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE |
ECG; EKG | ECHOCARDIOGRAM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
HF | HEART FAILURE |
MUGA | MULTIPLE-GATED ACQUISITION(SCAN) |
ECHO | ECHOCARDIOGRAM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
DVT | DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS |
CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSITATION |
CV | CARDIOVASCULAR |
MRA | MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAM |
CONDITION OF BEING STOPPED OR BRINGING TO A STOP | ARREST |
INABILITY OF THE HEART TO MAINTAIN A NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM. | ARRHYTHMIA |
NARROWING OF A VESSEL, ESPECIALLY THE AORTA | COARCTATION |
CALCULATION OF HOW MUCH BLOOD A VENTRICLE CAN EJECT WITH ONE CONTRACTION. | EJECTION FRACTION |
FAILURE OF THE HEART TO SUPPLY AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF BLOOD TO TISSUES AND ORGANS | HEART FAILURE |
MASS OF UNDISSOLVED MATTER CIRCULATING IN THE BLOOD OF LYMPHATIC CHANNELS. | EMBOLUS |
ARREST OF BLEEDING OR CIRCULATION | HEMOSTASIS |
FAILURE OF THE DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS TO CLOSE AFTER BIRTH | PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS |
SLENDER OR THREADLIKE DEVICE USED TO HOLD OPEN VESSELS, TUBES, OR OBSTRUCTED ARTERIES. | STENT |
CC | CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION |
BLOOD TEST THAT MEASURES TROPONIN, TROPONIN T, TROPONIN I, AND CREATININE KINASE. | CARDIAC ENZYME STUDIES |
RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS AFTER INJECTION OF A CONTRAST DYE. | ANGIOGRAPHY |
RADIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE AORTA AND ITS BRANCES. | AORTOGRAPHY |
NUCLEAR PROCEDURE THAT USES RADIOACTIVE TRACERS TO PRODUCE MOVIE-LIKE IMAGES. | MULTIPLE-GATED ACQUISTION(MUGA) |
DESTRUCTION OF CONDUCTION TISSUE OF THE HEART TO INTERRUPT THE ABNORMAL CONDUCTION PATHWAY CAUSING THE ARRHYTHMIA. | CATHETER ABLATION |
SURGICAL SEPARATION OF THE LEAFLETS OF THE MITRAL VALVE | COMMISSUROTOMY |
PROCEDURE USED TOREMOVE OR TREAT VARICOSE VEINS. | LASER ABLATION |
SURGICAL PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON OR WITHIN THE EXPOSED HEART, USUALLY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HEART-LUNG MACHING. | OPEN HEART SURGERY |
PREVENT, ALLEVIATE, OR CORRECT CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS BY STABILIZING THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION OF THE HEART. | ANTIARRHYTHMICS |
ACT ON KIDNEYS TO INCREASE EXCRETION OF WATER AND SODIUM | DIURETICS |
LOWER CHOLESTEROL IN THE BLOOD AND REDUCE ITS PRODUCTION IN THE LIVER BY BLOCKING THE EXZYME THAT PRODUCES IT | STATINS |