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Ms. Moneybags Cardiovascular Coding

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