Chapter 5 Therapeutic Procedures of the Heart Flashcards

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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Chest compressions and artificial respiration (blow air into the lungs) performed by one or tow CPR-trained rescuers

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Defilibration, where are they found, what they do and what are they also called

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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

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Extracorporeal circulation

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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

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Implantable cardioverter defibrillator:

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Device in the heart that gives an electrical shock to restore normal heart rhythm. People with ventricular fibrillation

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Pacemaker Implantation and what are the two types

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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

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Thrombolytic Therapy:

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Drugs such as streptokinase or tissue-type plasminogen activator are injected into a blood vessel to dissolve clots and restore blood flow

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Aneurysmectomy

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surgical removal of the sac of an aneurysm

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Arterial anastomosis

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surgical joining together of two arteries. Performed if an artery is severed or if a damaged section of an artery is removed

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Atherectomy

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surgical removal of a fatty substance or an atheroma from an artery

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

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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

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Embolectomy

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Removal of an embolus or clot from a blood vessel

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Endarterectomy

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Removal of the diseased or damaged inner lining of an artery
Artheroscleoritc plaques

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Heart Transplantation

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Replacement of a diseased or malfunctioning heart with a donor’s heart

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Intracornonary artery stent:

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Placement of a stent within a coronary artery to treat coronary ischemia due to atherosclerosis

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Litigation and stripping

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Surgical treatment for varicose veins. The damaged vein is tied of and removed

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Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)

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Method for treating localized coronary artery narrowing. A balloon catheter is inserted through the skin into the coronary artery and inflated to dilate the narrow blood vessel

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Stent

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Stainless steel tube placed within a blood vessel or a duct to widen the lumen

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Valve replacement

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Removal of a diseased heart valve and replacement with an artificial valve

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Valvoplasty

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surgical procedure to repair a heart valve