Chapter 5 Therapeutic Procedures of the Heart Flashcards
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Chest compressions and artificial respiration (blow air into the lungs) performed by one or tow CPR-trained rescuers
Defilibration, where are they found, what they do and what are they also called
Procedure that converts serious irregular heartbeats (fibrillation) by giving electric shocks to the heart. AEDs (Automated external deliberators) can detect life-threatening arrhythmias and deliver an appropriate electric shock. Designs to be used by nonmedical personnel and are found in public places
Also called cardioversion
Extracorporeal circulation
During open-heart surgery, the routing of blood to a heart-lung machine so it can be oxygenated and pumped to the rest of the body
Implantable cardioverter defibrillator:
Device in the heart that gives an electrical shock to restore normal heart rhythm. People with ventricular fibrillation
Pacemaker Implantation and what are the two types
Substitutes the pacemaker of the heart and controls the beating of the heart by a series of rhythmic electrical impulses
External pacemaker: electrodes outside of the body
Internal pacemaker: electrode surgically implanted within the chest wall
Thrombolytic Therapy:
Drugs such as streptokinase or tissue-type plasminogen activator are injected into a blood vessel to dissolve clots and restore blood flow
Aneurysmectomy
surgical removal of the sac of an aneurysm
Arterial anastomosis
surgical joining together of two arteries. Performed if an artery is severed or if a damaged section of an artery is removed
Atherectomy
surgical removal of a fatty substance or an atheroma from an artery
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
Open heart surgery in which a blood vessel from another location in the body (often a leg vein) is grafted to route blood around a blocked coronary artery
Embolectomy
Removal of an embolus or clot from a blood vessel
Endarterectomy
Removal of the diseased or damaged inner lining of an artery
Artheroscleoritc plaques
Heart Transplantation
Replacement of a diseased or malfunctioning heart with a donor’s heart
Intracornonary artery stent:
Placement of a stent within a coronary artery to treat coronary ischemia due to atherosclerosis
Litigation and stripping
Surgical treatment for varicose veins. The damaged vein is tied of and removed