Cardiovascular system plan terms

Question 1

drug that prevents or relieves the symptoms of angina pectoris

Answer 1

antianginal

Question 2

drug that opposes an irregular heartbeat

Answer 2

antiarrhythmic

Question 3

drug that opposed the coagulation of the blood

Answer 3

anticoagulant

Question 4

drug that opposes high blood pressure

Answer 4

antihypertensive

Question 5

drug that breaks down clots

Answer 5

thrombolytic

Question 6

drug that constricts or narrows the diameter of a blood vessel

Answer 6

vasoconstrictor, vasopressor

Question 7

drug that causes the expansion or relaxation of a blood vessel

Answer 7

vasodilator

Question 8

procedure that temporarily circulates and oxygenates a patient’s blood during the portion of heart surgery in which the heart is stopped

Answer 8

cardiopulmonary bypass

Question 9

basic life support

Answer 9

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Question 10

returning a heart to normal rhythm

Answer 10

cardioversion

Question 11

borrowed piece of blood vessel used to bypass a blocked artery in the heart

Answer 11

coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

Question 12

surgery to bypass a blocked artery in the heart

Answer 12

coronary artery bypass surgery

Question 13

alternate treatment for a coronary artery that passes instruments up a patient’s blood vessels into the heart

Answer 13

percutaneous coronary intervention

Question 14

incision into a heart valve

Answer 14

valvotomy

Question 15

surgical reconstruction of a heart valve

Answer 15

valvuloplasty

Question 16

surgical reconstruction of a vessel

Answer 16

angioplasty

Question 17

suture of a vessel

Answer 17

angiorrhaphy

Question 18

suture of the aorta

Answer 18

aortorrhaphy

Question 19

suture of an artery

Answer 19

arteriorrhaphy

Question 20

surgical removal of fatty plaque within an artery

Answer 20

atherectomy

Question 21

surgical removal of the inside of an artery

Answer 21

endarterectomy

Question 22

surgical removal of a vein

Answer 22

phlebectomy