Terms or Acronyms | Definitions or Answers |
Invasive | entering the body |
Noninvasive | not breaking the skin |
Pericardiocentesis | percutaneous withdrawal of fluid from pericardial space |
electrode | another name for "lead" |
Epicardial | on surface of heart |
Electrophysiology | study of electrical system of the heart |
Thrombus | stationary blood clot |
Embolus | moving blood clot |
Aneurysm | sac like swelling of the arteries |
Balloon Angioplasty | balloon delivered into narrowed section of artery, inflated and patency restored |
The 3 components of a cardiac cath | placement of cath, injection and imaging |
ASCVD | arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
ASD | atrial septal defect |
AV | atrioventricular |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
CHF | congestive heart failure |
MI | myocardial infarction |
False aneurysm | sac of clotted blood that has completely destroyed the vessel and is being contained by the tissue that surrounds the vessel |
Swan Ganz catheter | measures presure in the heart |
Transvenous | through a vein |
Nonselective heart catheter placement | direct placement without further manipulation |
Selective heart catheter placement | place and then manipulate into further vascular orders. |
Transluminal | by way of a vessel |
Transluminal Angioplasty | catheter passed into vessel and stretched |
Transluminal Atherectomy | guidewire threaded into vessel and clots destroyed |
pacemaker | device which triggers mechanical contractions of the heart by periodic electrical discharge |
cardioverter/defibrillator | device uses electrical shock to manage cardiac dysrhythmias |
bi ventricular leads | leads (electrodes) on both ventricles |
changing the pulse generator | also known as changing the batteries of a pacemaker |
patient activated recorder | also known as cardiac event recorder or loop recorder |
homograft | graft from the same species(human) |
allograft | synthetic graft |
autograft | graft from the patient |
xenograft | porcine/pig |
backbench work | preparation of the transplant organ |
fistula | abnormal opening |
arteriovenous fistula | abnormal opening(fistula) between artery and vein |
contralateral | opposite |