Lesson 8 (Choices in Heart Scan)

Question 1

Choices in Heart Scan

Answer 1

Electrocardiogram (ECG)
Nuclear stress testing
Echocardiogram (ECHO)
Coronary angiogram
CT scan
PET/CT scan
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Question 2

Detects heart abnormalities, disease and damage by measuring the heart’s rhythms and electrical impulses

Answer 2

Electrocardiography (EKG / ECG)

Question 3

In echocardiography, what is the term for potential leakage?

Answer 3

Regurgitation

Question 4

In echocardiography, what is the term for narrowing?

Answer 4

Stenosis

Question 5

During cardiography, a (answer) may be done to evaluate blood flow.

Answer 5

Doppler ultrasound

Question 6

It can asses the heart’s reaction under physical stress

Answer 6

Stress Test/ Exercise tolerance test (ETT)/ Treadmill test

Question 7

What medication is used during stress test?

Answer 7

Dobutamine

Question 8

What type of test where doctors inject a radioactive substance into the blood, then use gamma-ray cameras to see how blood flows to the heart

Answer 8

Nuclear stress testing

Question 9

What type of test that uses harmless ultrasound waves?

Answer 9

Echocardiogram (ECHO)

Question 10

This tests combines rapid X-ray scanning with multiple computed topography (CT) to produce the most detailed image available of the heart’s arteries without surgery

Answer 10

CT scan

Question 11

A type of test where powerful magnets create a field that sets the nuclei atoms in heart cells vibrating

Answer 11

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)