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Chapter 8 Med Term
End of Chapter Exercises
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Enlargement of the heart | CARDIOMEGALY |
| Tumor composed of fatty plaque | ATHEROMA |
| Rupture of an artery | ARTERIORRHEXIS |
| Pertaining to within a vessel | ENDOVASCULAR |
| Condition of a rapid heart (rate) | TACHYCARDIA |
| Dilation or expansion of a vein | PHLEBECTASIS |
| Record of the aorta | AORTAGRAM |
| Surgical repair of a valve | VALVULOPLASTY |
| Abnormal condition of hardening | SCLEROSIS |
| Treatment that hardens (a varicose vein) | SCLEROTHERAPY |
| Destruction of a blood clot | THROMBOLYSIS |
| Condition (of a heart being) without a rhythm | ARRHYTHMIA |
| Condition of a slow heart (rate) | BRADYCARDIA |
| Pain in the heart | CARDIODYNIA |
| Excision of an aneurysm | ANEURYSMECTOMY |
| Tumor of fatty plaque | ATHEROMA |
| Abnormal condition of fatty plaque hardening | ATHEROSCLEROSIS |
| Inflammation of a vein | PHLEBITIS |
| Abnormal condition of a blood clot in a vein | PHLEBOTHROMBOSIS |
| Pertaining to a vein | VENOUS |
| Spasm of a vein | VENOSPASM |
| Specialist in the study of the heart | CARDIOLOGIST |
| Rupture of the heart | CARDIORRHEXIS |
| Poisonous to the heart | CARDIOTOXIC |
| Enlargement of the heart | CARDIOMEGALY |
| Softening of a vessel (wall) | ANGIOMALACIA |
| Tumor of a vessel | ANGIOMA |
| Beginning or formation of a blood clot | THROMBOGEN OR THROMBOGENESIS |
| Abnormal condtion of a blood clot | THROMBOSIS |
| Abnormal condition of narrowing or stricture of the aorta | AORTOSTENOSIS |
| Process of recording the aorta | AORTOGRAPHY |
| Puncture of the heart | CARDIOCENTESIS |
| Suture of an artery | ARTERIORRHAPHY |
| Removal of an embolus | EMBOLECTOMY |
| Separation, destruction, or loosening of a blood clot | THROMBOLYSIS |
| Area of tissue that undergoes necrosis | INFARCTION |
| Pain, usually in the chest, that is associated with the lack of oxygen to the myocardium | ANGINA |
| Failure of a valve to close completely | INSUFFICIENCY |
| Abnormally rapid heart rate | TACHYCARDIA |
| Varicose veins of the esophagus | VARICES |
| Soft, blowing sound heard on ausculation; murmur | BRUIT |
| Abnormally slow heart rate | BRADYCARDIA |
| Awareness of an irregular heartbeat | PALPITATION |
| Abnormal condition in which a blood clot develops in a blood vessel | THROMBOSIS |
| Localized abnormal dilation of a vessel | ANEURYSM |
| Condition in which a mass (usually a blood clot) blocks a blood vessel | EMBOLISM |
| Inability of the heart to maintain a normal sinus rhythm | ARRHYTHMIA |
| Backflow of blood due to valve failure | REGURGIATION |
| Profuse sweating | DIAPHORESIS |
| Disorder commonly caused by the buildup of fatty plaque on an artery wall | ARTERIOSCLEROSIS |
| Persistent elevated blood pressure | HYPERTENSION |
| Excessive amounts of lipids in the blood | HYPERLIPIDEMIA |
| Narrowing of a blood vessel, especially the aorta | COARCTATION |
| Deficiency of blood supply due to circulation obstruction | ISCEMIA |
| Narrowing of a valve | STENOSIS |
| 24-hour ECG tracing taken with a small, portable recording system | HOLTER MONITOR TEST |
| US diagnostic test used to visualize internal cardiac structures | ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
| Incision to increase the size of the opening of the mitral valvue | VALVOTOMY |
| Agents used to treat angina | NITRATES |
| Drugs that have powerful lipid-lowering properties | STATINS |
| Increase urine output; used to treat edema, hypotension, and heart failure | DIURETICS |
| Provides levels of troponin T, troponin I, and creatinine kinase in the blood | CARDIAC ENZYMES STUDIES |
| Ultrasound procedure that measures blood flow through the heart and vessels | DOPPLER |
| ECG taken under controlled exercise stress conditions | STRESS TEST |
| Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in which energy is transmitted through a catheter to removed the pathway of an abnormal heart rhythm | CATHETER ABLATION |
| Surgical separation of the leaflets of the mitral valve | COMMISSUROTOMY |
| Removal of a small segment of tissue for diagnostic purposes | BIOPSY |
| Implanting a device that corrects ventricular tachycardia of fibrillation | ICD INSERTION |
| Insertion of a device that holds open tubular structures | STENT PLACEMENT |
| Procedure that alters a vessel through surgery or dilation | ANGIOPLASTY |
| Treatment of a varicose vein using a chemical irritant | SCLEROTHERAPY |
| Surgery that creates a bypass around a blocked segment of a coronary artery | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG) |
| Removal of occluding material from the interior of an artery | ENDARTERECTOMY |
| Dilation of an occluded vessel using a balloon catheter passed through the skin | PTCA |
| Destruction of a clot | THROMBOLYSIS |
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