Ch 17: Chapter Review Flashcards
Cardiovascular System
This section of the CPT manual contains codes for nonsurgical cardiovascular services.
Medicine
This procedure describes a percutaneous approach in which the physician inserts a catheter into a coronary vessel to destroy a blood clot by a drug.
Thrombolysis
Invasive cardiology procedures are also called ______ procedures.
Interventional
The Medicine section of the CPT manual contains the Cardiovascular subsection, these services are invasive/noninvasive or ______/ ______.
Diagnostic/Therapeutic
______ is the term used when a radiologist is overseeing a technician who is performing a procedure.
Supervision
Cardiac ______ may include the use of injectable dyes to show the body in a cross-sectional view.
MRI
Define: The study of the electrical system of the heart, including the study of arrhythmias.
Electrophysiology
Define: Radiographic recording of the heart or heart walls, or surrounding tissues.
Echocardiography
Define: Diagnostic specialty that uses radiopharmaceuticals to aid in the diagnosis of cardiologic conditions.
Nuclear cardiology
Define: Membranous sac enclosing the heart and the ends of the great vessels.
Pericardium
Define: Performed by inserting a catheter percutaneously.
Valvuloplasty