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AMT CV What's the Wo
| definition | term |
|---|---|
| image of vessel/duct | Angiogram |
| incision into a vessel or duct | angiotomy |
| surgical repair of vessel | angioplasty |
| abnormal dilation of vessel/duct | angiectasis |
| hardening due to fatty plaque | atherosclerosis |
| process of listening with stethoscope | auscultation |
| disease of heart muscle | Cardiomyopathy |
| inflammation of heart muscle | myocarditis |
| enlarged heart | cardiomegaly |
| rupture of heart | cardiorrhexis |
| tissue around heart | pericardium |
| tissue lining heart | endocardium |
| air in tissue around heart | pneumopericardium |
| puncture of sac around heart to remove fluid | pericardiocentesis |
| blue condition/blue skin | cyanosis |
| acro | tip/extremity |
| acrocyanosis | blue condition if nail beds/lips |
| limping due to pain caused by poor circulation in legs | claudication |
| hardening of arteries | arteriosclerosis |
| removal of internal lining of an artery | endarterectomy |
| process of recording images of heart using ultrasound technology | Echocardiography |
| the image obtained from using ultrasounds | echocardiogram |
| process of measuring from a distance | telemetry |
| lack of blood flow to tissue (holding back blood) | ischemia |
| excessive fat in blood | hyperlipidemia |
| instrument to measure oxygen in blood | oximeter |
| feeling that your heart is racing/pounding/throbbing | palpitations |
| inflammation of veins | phlebitis |
| literally incision into vein, but medically, puncture of vein to obtain a blood sample | phlebotomy |
| instrument to examine chest | stethoscope |
| narrowing of | stenosis |
| deficient amount of clotting cells | thrombocytopenia |
| deficient amount of all cells | pancytopenia |
| condition of having a blood clot | thrombosis |
| traveling blood clot | embolism/embolus |
| to turn the heart around literally but medically to use electricity to convert an abnormal rhythm back to a normal rhythm | cardioversion |
| high blood pressure | hypertension |