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CARDIOVASCULAR SYS
cardiovascular system
| 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 |
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