| 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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