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Treatment/Therapies

Chapter 9

TermDefinition
Pharmoclogy
Antianginal Drug that prevents or relieves the symptoms of angina pectoris
Antiarrhythmic Drug that opposes an irregular heartbeat
Anticoaulant Drug that opposes the coagulation of the blood
Antihypertensive Drug that opposes high blood pressure
Cardiotonic Drug that increases the strength of the heart contractions
Thrombolytic Drug that breaks down clots
Vasoconstrictor Drug that constricts or narrows the diameter of a blood vessel
Vasodilator Drug that causes the relaxation or expansion of a blood vessel
Vasopressor Drug that constricts or narrows the diameter of a blood vessel
Heart Procedures
Cardiomyotomy Incision into the heart muscle
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Basic life support
Cardiothoracic Surgery Surgery that involves cutting through the patient's chest to get to the heart
Cardioversion Returning a heart to normal rhythm
Coronary Arterectomy Surgical removal of a coronary artery
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Borrowed piece of blood vessel used to bypass a blocked artery in the heart
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Surgery to bypass a blocked artery in the heart
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Alternate treatment for a coronary artery that passes instruments up a patient's blood vessels into the heart
Pericardiocentesis Puncture of the tissue around the heart
Pericardiotomy Incision into the tissue around the heart
Valvectomy Surgical removal of a heart valve
Valvuloplasty Surgical reconstruction of a heart valve
Ventriculotomy Incision into a ventricle
Circulation Procedures
Anastomosis Creation of an opening between two normally separate structures
Aneurysmectomy Surgical removal of an aneurysm
Angioplasty Surgical reconstruction of a vessel
Angiorrhaphy Suture of a vessel
Aortorhaphy Suture of the aorta
Aortotomy Incision of the aorta
Arteriectomy Surgical removal of an artery
Arterioplasty Surgical reconstruction of an artery
Arteriorrhaphy Suture of an artery
Atherectomy Surgical removal of fatty plaque within an artery
Embolectomy Surgical removal of an emobolus
Endartectomy Surgical removal of the inside of an artery
Phlebectomy Surgical removal of a vein
Phlebpphlebostomy Procedure to create an opening between two veins
Varicotomy Surgical removal of varicose vein
Venectomy Surgical removal of vein
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