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cardiovascular
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ALLEN TEST | A MEASUREMENT OF RADIAL OR ULNAR PATENCY; EITHER THE RADIAL OR ULNAR ARTERY IS DIGITALLY COMPRESSED BY THE EXAMINER AFTER BLOOD HAS BEEN FORCED OUT OF THE HAND BY CLENCHING IT INTO A FIST; |
| ANGIOGRAM | RADIOGRAPHY OF ARTERIES AFTER THE INJECTION OF A RADIOPAQUE CONTRAST MATERIAL |
| ARTERIAL BLOOD GAS | THE DIRECT ELECTRODE MEASUREMENT OF THE PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD AS WELL AS pH AND CHLORIDE LEVELS |
| BONE MARROW BIOPSY | PROCESS OF REMOVING BONE MARROW FROM LIVING PATIENTS FOR MACROSCOPIC DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION |
| CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION | A PROCEDURE WHERE A CATHETER IS PASSED IN THE HEART THROUGH A VEIN OR ARTERY |
| CARDIAC ISOENZYMES | CHEMICALS THAT CATALYZE THE SAME REACTION BUT MAY BE DIFFERENTIATED BY VARIATIONS IN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES SUCH AS ISOELECTRIC POINT. ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY, KINETIC PARAMETERS, OR MODES OF REGULATION |
| CARDIAC STRESS TEST | USE OF A TREADMILL ON A PATIENT WHILE CONNECTED TO A CARDIAC EVENT MONITOR TO MEASURE CARDIAC ACTIVITY WHILE THE BODY IS UNDER PHYSICAL STRESS. |
| CLOTTING STUDIES | TESTS USED TO DETERMINE THE SPEED OF THE VARIOUS PLASMA COMPONENTS INVOLVED IN THE CLOTTING PROCESS |
| DOPPLER | A DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT THAT EMITS AN ULTRASONIC BEAM INTO THE BODY; THE ULTRASOUND REFLECTED FROM MOVING STRUCTURES CHANGES ITS FREQUENCY. OF DIAGNOSTIC VALUE IN PERIPHERAL VASCULAR AND CARDIAC DISEASE |
| ECHOCARDIOGRAM | THE USE OF ULTRASOUND IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND MOTION OF THE HEART AND GREAT VESSELS AND DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIOVASCULAR LESIONS |
| ERYTHROCYTIC SEDIMENTATION RATE | THE RATE OF SETTLING OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN ANTICOAGUATED BLOOD; INCREASED RATES ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH ANEMIA OR INFLAMMATORY STATES |
| PULSE OXIMETRY | A SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DEVICE THAT NONINVASIVELY ESTIMATES SATURATION OF ARTERIAL OXYHEMOGLOBIN BY USE OF SELECTED WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT |
| SPHYGMOMANOMETER | AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE INDIRECTLY, CONSISTING OF AN INFLATABLE CUFF, INFLATED BULB AND A GAUGE SHOWING BLOOD PRESSURE |
| TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHO | RECORDING OF THE ECHOCARDIOGRAM FROM A SWALLOWED TRANSDUCER |
| VENOGRAM | RADIOGRAPH OF OPACIFIED VEINS |
| ANALGESICS | AN AGENT HAVING SUCH ACTION TO INDUCE A NEUROLOGIC OR PHARMACOLOGIC STATE IN WHICH PAINFUL STIMULI ARE SO MODERATED THST, ALTHOUGH STILL PERCEPTIBLE, THEY ARE NO LOOKER PAINFUL |
| ANGIOPLASTY | RECONSTITUTION OR RECANALIZATION OF A BLOOD VESSEL; MAY INVOLVE BALLOON DILATION, MECHANICAL STRIPPING OF INTIMA, FORCEFUL INJECTION OF FIBRINOLYTICS, OR PLACEMENT OF A STENT. |
| ANTIARRHYTHMIC | A DRUG WITH AN ACTION ANTAGONISTIC TO THAT OF A LOSS OF RHYTHM OF THE HEARTBEAT |
| ANTICOAGULATE | AN AGENT HAVING SUCH ACTION TO PREVENT COAGULATION |
| ANTIEMBOLIC STOCKINGS | SPECIALLY FITTED ELASTIC STOCKINGS USED TO COMPRESS LOWER EXTREMITIES, REDUCE BLOOD POOLING, AND PROMOTE VENOUS RETURN, THUS REDUCNG RISK OF THROMBUS FORMATION |
| ANTIHYPERTENSION | INDICATING A DRUG OR MODE OF TREATMENT THAT REDUCES THE BLOOD PRESSURE |
| ANTILIPIDEMIC | INDICATING A DRUG THAT REDUCES THE PRDUCTION OF OR ABSORPTION OF CHOLESTEROL, FATTY ACIDS |
| ANTIPYRETICS | AN AGENT THAT REDUCES FEVER |
| AORTOPLASTY | A PROCEDURE FOR SURGICAL REPAIR OF THE AORTA |
| ARTHRECTOMY | EXCISION OF ATHEROMATOUS PLAQUE FROM WITHIN AN ARTERY, UTILIZING A FLEXIBLE CATHETER THAT SELECTIVELY CUTS AWAY OR PULVERIZES TISSUE BUILDUP |
| BUERGER-ALLEN EXERCISES | POSTURAL RHYMIC RAISING AND LOWERING OF LOWER EXTREMITIES TO ENHANCE CIRCULATION TO THELOWER EXTREMITIES |
| CARDIOVERSION | RESTORATION OF THE HEARTS RHYTHM TO NORMAL BY ELECTRICAL COUNTERSHOCKS |
| CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION | RESTORATION OF CARDIAC OUTPUT AND PULMONARY VENTILATION FOLLOWING CARDIAC ARREST AND APNEA, USING ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION AND MANUAL CLOSED CHEST COMPRESSSION OR OPEN CHEST CARDIAC MASSAGE |
| COMMISSUROTOMY | SURGICAL DIVISION OF ANY COMMISSURE, FIBROUS BAND, OR RING USING SURGERY OR A BALLOON |
| CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT | A SURGERICAL PROCEDURE IN WHICH DAMAGED SECTIONS OF THE CORONARY ARTERIES ARE REPLACED WITH NEW ARTICULAR OF VENOUS GRAFTING TO INCREASE RATE OF CARDIAC BLOOD FLOW |
| CORTICOSTEROIDS | A CORTICOID CONTAINING A STEROID |
| DEFIBRILLATION | THE ARREST OF FIBRILLATION OF THE CARDIAC MUSCLE WITH RESTORATION OF THE NORMAL RHYTHM |
| DIURETICS | AN AGENT THAT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF URINE EXCRETED |
| FOWLERS POSITION | A RECUMBENT POSITION IN WHICH THE HEAD OF THE BED IS ELEVEATED 45-60 DEGREES ABOVE LEVEL |
| LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY | RADIOGRAPHIC DEMONSTRATION OF LYMPHATICS AND LYMPH MODES FOLLOWING THE INJECTION OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM |
| PERICARDIOCENTESIS | THE PASSAGE INTO A CAVITY OF A TROCAR AND CANNULA, NEEDLE, OR AOTHER HOLLOW INSTRUMENT |
| PHLEBECTOMY | EXCISION OF A SEGMENT OF A VEIN, SOMETIMES PERFORMED TO SURE VARICOSE VEINS |
| PHLEBOTOMY | INCISION INTO A VEIN FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAWING BLOOD |
| TRANSFUSION | TRANSFER OF BLOOD OR A BLOOD COMPONENT FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER |
| THROMBOLYTIC | A DRUG WITH AN ACTION TO BREAK UP OR DISSOLVING A THROMBUS |
| VASOCONSTRICTORS | A DRUG WITH AN ACTION TO REDUCE THE CALIBER OF BLOOD VESSEL DUE TO CONTRACTION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBERS IN THE TUNICA MEDIA LEADING TO DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO A PART |
| VASODILATOR | A DRUG WITH AN ACTIN TO INCREASE IN THE CALIBER OF A BLOOD VESSEL DUE TO RELAXATION OF SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBERS IN THE TUNICA MEDIA. tHIS INCREASES BLOOD FLOW BUT DECREASES SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE |
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