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Chapter 6

Cardiovascular System: Surgical Procedures & Therapeutics

TermDefinition
Blood Transfusion The transfer of blood, or blood components such as RBCs, from a donor to a recipient.
Bone Marrow Transplant The replacement of a diseased bone-marrow cells in a patient with healthy bone-marrow cells from a donor.
Cardioversion Procedure in which controlled electrical shocks are sent through the heart to restore normal cardiac rhythm in a patient with arrhythmia.
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) A shunt (passageway), established surgically, that allows blood to travel from the aorta to a branch of the coronary artery at a point beyond an obstruction.
Defibrillation Procedure used to stop atrial or ventricular fibrillation (an irregular and usually rapid heartbeat) by means of drugs or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) surgically placed in the chest or abdomen.
Endarterectomy A surgical procedure that removes plaque from the lining of an artery.
Heart Transplantation The grafting of a living heart to a patient, from a donor who was clinically brain-dead but on life support.
Pacemaker An electrical device that is implanted in the chest or abdomen to control abnormal cardiac rhythms through a series of electrical discharges.
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) A minimally invasive procedure for opening up blocked coronary arteries, allowing blood to circulate unobstructed to the heart muscle. During PTCA, a tiny balloon is inserted in a blocked artery. The balloon is inflated to widen the artery and is then rem
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