Cardiac Surgery Flashcards
SAC-LIKE DILATION AND THINNING OF AN ARTERY WALL THAT CAN LEAD TO RUPTURE OF THE VESSEL
ANEURYSM
PAIN IN THE CHEST DUE TO DECREASED BLOOD FLOW TO THE MYOCARDIUM
ANGINA PECTORIS
ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE ABDOMEN
ASCITES
BRANCHING OR FORKING INTO TWO
BIFURCATION
SYMPTOMS OF ARTERIAL OBSTRUCTION - PALLOR, PAIN ON EXERCISE, AND COOLNESS
CLAUDICATION
PHYSIOLOGICAL FORMATION OF ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS AROUND OCCLUDED VESSELS
COLLATERAL CIRCULATION
BLUISH DISCOLORATION DUE TO OXYGEN DEFICIENCY
CYANOSIS
USE OF ELECTRICAL, CHEMICAL, OR PHYSICAL MEANS TO STOP THE IRREGULAR, QUIVER-LIKE BEATING OF A HEART
DEFIBRILLATION
DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING
DYSPNEA
MASS OF UNDISSOLVED MATTER CARRIED IN THE BLOODSTREAM
EMBOLISM
OUTSIDE THE BODY
EXTRACORPREAL
RAPID, INEFFECTIVE HEARTBEAT
FIBRILLATION
REDUCED BLOOD SUPPLY TO TISSUE RESULTING IN INSUFFICIENT OXYGENAION OF THAAT TISSUE
ISCHEMIA
BUILDUP OF CELLULAR DEBRIS ON THE LINING OF THE ARTERY (TUMICA INTIMA)
PLAQUE
AIR IN THE CHEST; MAY OCCUR FROM A BLED (BLISTER) THAT RUPTURES
PNEUMOTHORAX
ABNORMAL NARROWING
STENOSIS
ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM (PVC)
PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION
FORMATION OF A CLOT
THROMBOSIS
PACEMAKER OF THE HEART
SA NODE
PORTION OF THE HEART THAT RECEIVES UNOXYGENATED BLOOD
RIGHT ATRIUM
RESPONSIBLE FOR PUMPING BLOOD INTO THE PULMONARY ARTERY
RIGHT VENTRICLE
RESPONSIBLE FOR PUMPING BLOOD INTO THE AORTA
LEFT VENTRICLE
CORNARY ARTERIES ARISEW FROM THE:
AORTA
VALVE BETWEEN THE LEFT ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE
MITRAL OR BICUSPID
VALVE BETWEEN THE RIGHT ATRIUM AND VENTRICLE
TRICUSPID
STRUCTURE ATTACHED TO THE VAVVULAR CUSPS AND PREVENTS VALVES FROM SWINGING BACK INTO THE ATRIA
CHORDAE TENDINEA
NUMBER OF PULMARY VEINS
4
MOST COMMON INCISION USED FOR CARDIAC SURGERY
MEDIAN STERNOTOMY