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Chapter 8 Med Term
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Definition | Term |
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Enlargement of the heart | CARDIOMEGALY |
Tumor composed of fatty plaque | ATHEROMA |
Rupture of an artery | ARTERIORRHEXIS |
Pertaining to within a vessel | ENDOVASCULAR |
Condition of a rapid heart (rate) | TACHYCARDIA |
Dilation or expansion of a vein | PHLEBECTASIS |
Record of the aorta | AORTAGRAM |
Surgical repair of a valve | VALVULOPLASTY |
Abnormal condition of hardening | SCLEROSIS |
Treatment that hardens (a varicose vein) | SCLEROTHERAPY |
Destruction of a blood clot | THROMBOLYSIS |
Condition (of a heart being) without a rhythm | ARRHYTHMIA |
Condition of a slow heart (rate) | BRADYCARDIA |
Pain in the heart | CARDIODYNIA |
Excision of an aneurysm | ANEURYSMECTOMY |
Tumor of fatty plaque | ATHEROMA |
Abnormal condition of fatty plaque hardening | ATHEROSCLEROSIS |
Inflammation of a vein | PHLEBITIS |
Abnormal condition of a blood clot in a vein | PHLEBOTHROMBOSIS |
Pertaining to a vein | VENOUS |
Spasm of a vein | VENOSPASM |
Specialist in the study of the heart | CARDIOLOGIST |
Rupture of the heart | CARDIORRHEXIS |
Poisonous to the heart | CARDIOTOXIC |
Enlargement of the heart | CARDIOMEGALY |
Softening of a vessel (wall) | ANGIOMALACIA |
Tumor of a vessel | ANGIOMA |
Beginning or formation of a blood clot | THROMBOGEN OR THROMBOGENESIS |
Abnormal condtion of a blood clot | THROMBOSIS |
Abnormal condition of narrowing or stricture of the aorta | AORTOSTENOSIS |
Process of recording the aorta | AORTOGRAPHY |
Puncture of the heart | CARDIOCENTESIS |
Suture of an artery | ARTERIORRHAPHY |
Removal of an embolus | EMBOLECTOMY |
Separation, destruction, or loosening of a blood clot | THROMBOLYSIS |
Area of tissue that undergoes necrosis | INFARCTION |
Pain, usually in the chest, that is associated with the lack of oxygen to the myocardium | ANGINA |
Failure of a valve to close completely | INSUFFICIENCY |
Abnormally rapid heart rate | TACHYCARDIA |
Varicose veins of the esophagus | VARICES |
Soft, blowing sound heard on ausculation; murmur | BRUIT |
Abnormally slow heart rate | BRADYCARDIA |
Awareness of an irregular heartbeat | PALPITATION |
Abnormal condition in which a blood clot develops in a blood vessel | THROMBOSIS |
Localized abnormal dilation of a vessel | ANEURYSM |
Condition in which a mass (usually a blood clot) blocks a blood vessel | EMBOLISM |
Inability of the heart to maintain a normal sinus rhythm | ARRHYTHMIA |
Backflow of blood due to valve failure | REGURGIATION |
Profuse sweating | DIAPHORESIS |
Disorder commonly caused by the buildup of fatty plaque on an artery wall | ARTERIOSCLEROSIS |
Persistent elevated blood pressure | HYPERTENSION |
Excessive amounts of lipids in the blood | HYPERLIPIDEMIA |
Narrowing of a blood vessel, especially the aorta | COARCTATION |
Deficiency of blood supply due to circulation obstruction | ISCEMIA |
Narrowing of a valve | STENOSIS |
24-hour ECG tracing taken with a small, portable recording system | HOLTER MONITOR TEST |
US diagnostic test used to visualize internal cardiac structures | ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
Incision to increase the size of the opening of the mitral valvue | VALVOTOMY |
Agents used to treat angina | NITRATES |
Drugs that have powerful lipid-lowering properties | STATINS |
Increase urine output; used to treat edema, hypotension, and heart failure | DIURETICS |
Provides levels of troponin T, troponin I, and creatinine kinase in the blood | CARDIAC ENZYMES STUDIES |
Ultrasound procedure that measures blood flow through the heart and vessels | DOPPLER |
ECG taken under controlled exercise stress conditions | STRESS TEST |
Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in which energy is transmitted through a catheter to removed the pathway of an abnormal heart rhythm | CATHETER ABLATION |
Surgical separation of the leaflets of the mitral valve | COMMISSUROTOMY |
Removal of a small segment of tissue for diagnostic purposes | BIOPSY |
Implanting a device that corrects ventricular tachycardia of fibrillation | ICD INSERTION |
Insertion of a device that holds open tubular structures | STENT PLACEMENT |
Procedure that alters a vessel through surgery or dilation | ANGIOPLASTY |
Treatment of a varicose vein using a chemical irritant | SCLEROTHERAPY |
Surgery that creates a bypass around a blocked segment of a coronary artery | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT (CABG) |
Removal of occluding material from the interior of an artery | ENDARTERECTOMY |
Dilation of an occluded vessel using a balloon catheter passed through the skin | PTCA |
Destruction of a clot | THROMBOLYSIS |