MEDICAL TERMINOLOGIES Flashcards
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vessel carrying lymph toward a lymph vessel
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AFFERENT LYPMH VESSEL
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join
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ANASTOMOSIS
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sac formed by local enlargement of a weakened artery wall
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ANEURYSM
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severe form of chest pain and constriction near the heart, usually cause by a decrease in the blood supply to cardiac tissue.
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ANGINA PECTORIS
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radiographic demonstration of blood vessels after the introduction of contrast medium
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ANGIOGRAPHY
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variation from the normal pattern
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ANOMALY
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tear in inner lining of the aortic wall that allows the blood to enter and track along the muscular coat
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AORTIC DISSECTION
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radiographic examination of the aorta
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AORTOGRAPHY
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– variation from normal heart rhythm
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ARRYTHMIA
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producing an arrhythmia
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ARRYTHMOGENIC
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– radiographic examination of arteries after injection of a radiopaque contrast medium
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ARTERIOGRAPHY
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very small arterial vessel
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ARTERIOLE
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indicative of a general pathologic condition characterized by thickening and hardening of arterial walls, leading to general loss of elasticity.
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ARTERIOSCLEROTIC
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– surgical opening of an artery
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ARTERIOTOMY
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abnormal anastomosis or communication between an artery and a vein.
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ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION
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– large blood vessel carrying blood away from the heart
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ARTERY
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– excision of atherosclerotic plaque
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ATHERECTOMY
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– characteristic of degenerative change in the inner lining of artery caused by deposition of fatty tissue and subsequent thickening of arterial wall that occurs in atherosclerosis
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ATHEROMATOUS
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– condition in which fibrous and fatty deposits on the luminal wall of an artery may cause obstruction of the vessel
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ATHEROSCLEROSIS
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one of the two upper chambers of the heart
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ATRIUM
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place where a structure divides into two branches.
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BIFURCATION
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– two x-ray exposure planes 90 degrees from one another, usually frontal and lateral
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BIPLANE
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vascular system comprising arteries, capillaries and veins which convey blood
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BLOOD VASCULAR SYSTEM
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irregular heart rhythm in conjunction with bradycardia
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BRADYARRYTHMIA
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any heart rhythm with an average heart rate of less than 60 heats/min
BRADYCARDIA
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tiny blood vessel through which blood and tissue cells exchange substance
CAPILLARY
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any several structural or functional diseases of heart muscle marked especially by
hypertrophy and obstructive damage to the heart.
CARDIOMYOPATHY
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technologist specializing in angiographic and
interventional procedures
CARDIOVASCULAR/INTERVENTIOAL TECHNOLOGIST
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– imaging of vascular system of the brain
CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY
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– high speed, 35-mm motion picture film recording of a fluoroscopic image of structures
containing radiographic contrast medium.
CINEANGIOGRAPHY
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– same as cineangiography; the production of a motion picture record of successive
images on a fluoroscopic screen
CINEFLUOROGRAPHY
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cramping of the leg muscles after physical exertion because of chronically inadequate blood
supply.
CLAUDIFICATION
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any disorder that affects the blood-clotting mechanism
COAGULOPATHY
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– relaxed phase of the atria or ventricles of the heart during which blood enters the chambers; in
cardiac cycle at which the heart is not contracting (at rest)
DASTOLE
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laboured breathing
DYSPNEA
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vessel carrying lymph away from a node
EFFERENT LYMPH VESSEL
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– foreign material, often thrombus that detaches and moves freely in the blood stream.
EMBOLUS
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interior lining of heart chambers
ENDOCARDIUM
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exterior layer of the heart wall
EPICARDIUM
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escape of fluid from a vessel into the surrounding tissue
EXTRAVASATION
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measurement of catheter size 1 French = 0.33mm
FRENCH SIZE
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– tightly wound metallic wire over which angiographic catheters are placed.
GUIDE WIRE
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– collection of extravasated blood in an organ or a tissue space.
HEMATOMA
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– stopping of blood flow in a hemorrhage.
HEMOSTASIS
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– first major artery of the aortic arch supplying the cerebral
circulation
INNOMINATE or BRACIOCEPHALIC ARTERY
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– re-narrowing of an artery inside a previously placed stent
IN-STENT RESTENOSIS
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– therapeutic modality used to modify the course of disease process
INTERVENTION
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– improving a condition; therapeutic
INTERVENTIONAL
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– metallic device placed within a coronary artery across a region of stenosis.
INTRACORONARY STENT
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– plastic tubing placed within the vasculature through which other catheters may be
passed.
INTRODUCER SHEATH
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– indicative of a local decrease of blood supply to myocardial tissue associated temporary obstruction
of a coronary vessel, typically as a result of thrombus (blood clot)
ISCHEMIC
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– injury or other damaging change to an organ or tissue
LESION
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– body fluid circulated by the lymphatic vessel and filtered by the lymph nodes
LYMPH
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– radiographic study of lymph nodes
LYMPHADENOGRAPHY
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– radiographic study of the lymph vessels
LYMPHANGIOGRAPHY
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– radiographic evaluation of the lymphatic channels and lymph nodes
LYMPOGRAPHY
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– inner metallic core of a spiral wound guide wire
MANDREL
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– three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord
MENINGES
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– acute ischemic episode resulting in myocardial damage and pain; commonly referred to as a heart attack.
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI)
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– muscular heart wall
MYOCARDIUM
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– not completely closed or shut; allowing blood flow
NONOCCLUSIVE
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– obstruction or closure of a vessel, such as coronary vessel, as a result of foreign material,
thrombus or spasm
OCCLUSION
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– measurement of oxygen saturation in blood.
OXIMETRY
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– amount of oxygen bound to hemoglobin in blood, expressed as a percentage
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OXYGEN SATUARATION
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– state of being open or un-obstructed.
PATENCY
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– opening between the right atrium and left atrium that normally exists in fetal life to allow for the essential mixing of blood. The opening normally closes shortly after birth
PATENT FORAMEN OVALE
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– introduced through the skin
PERCUTANEOUS
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– surgical correction of a vessel from within the vessel
using catheter technology
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY (PTA)
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– manipulative interventional procedure
involving the placement and inflation of a balloon catheter in the lumen of a stenosed coronary artery for the
purpose of compressing and fracturing the diseased material allowing subsequent increased distal blood flow
to the myocardium
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA)
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– fibrous sac that surrounds the heart.
PERICARDIUM
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– small piece of material used as a dressing or plug
PLEDGET
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– system of vessels carrying blood from the organs of digestion to the liver
PORTAL CIRCULATION
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– narrowing or constriction of a vessel, orifice or other type of passageway after interventional
correction of primary condition
RESTENOSIS
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– system of vessels carrying blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart
PULMONARY CIRCULATION
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– measurement of oxygen saturation in the blood via an optic sensor placed on an extremity.
PULSE OXIMETRY
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– regular expansion and contraction of an artery that is produced by ejection of blood from the heart
PULSE
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– acquisition of images in rapid succession
SERIAL IMAGING
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- narrowing or constriction of a vessel, orifice or other type of passageway.
STENOSIS
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– wire mesh or plastic conduit placed to maintain flow.
STENT
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– system of vessels carrying blood from the heart out to the body (except the lungs) and back to the heart
SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION
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– contraction phase of the atria or ventricles of the heart during which blood is ejected from the chambers; point in the cardiac cycle at which the heart is contracting (at work)
SYSTOLE
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– irregular heart rhythm in conjunction with tachycardia
TACHYARRYTHMIA
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– any heart rhythm having an average rate in excess of 100 beats/min
TACHYCARDIA
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– area of narrowing within an artery where revascularization procedure is planned.
TARGETED LESION
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– formation of a blood clot.
THROMBOGENESIS
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– capable of causing the break up of a thrombus
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THROMBOLYTIC
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– formation or existence of a blood clot
THROMBOSIS
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– blood clot obstructing a blood vessel or cavity of the heart
THROMBUS
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– ability of the valve to prevent backward flow while not inhibiting forward flow
VALVULAR COMPETENCE
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– irregularly swollen veins
VARICES
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– vessel that carries blood from the capillaries to the heart.
VEIN
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– temporary closure of a blood vessel using drug therapy.
VASOCONSTRICTION
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- radiologic study of veins after injection of radiopaque contrast medium.
VENOGRAPHY
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– surgical opening of a vein
VENOTOMY
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– one of the two larger pumping chambers of the heart
VENTRICLE
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– any of the small blood vessels that collect blood from the capillaries and join to become veins
VENULES
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AFFERENT LYPMH VESSEL
vessel carrying lymph toward a lymph vessel
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abnormal tangle of vessels between arteries and veins that can cause serious paralysis vision loss and difficulty in speaking
arteriovenous malformation
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difficulty in speaking
dysarthria
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difficulty in writing
dysgraphia
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severe headache
migraine
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loss of memory
amnesia
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dizziness
vertigo
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blurred or double vision
diplopia
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nearsightedness
myopia
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farsightedness
hyperopia
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weakness or numbness
paresthesia
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loss of balance or coordination
ataxia
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carries oxygen rich blood to the brain stem to regulate heart rate sleeping pattern and breathing
basilar artery
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provide blood flow to the anterior and posterior brain
circle of willis
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supply blood to the brain ands spine
vertebral arteries
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blood clot in the lungs
pulmonary embolism
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narrowing of blood vessels
vasoconstriction
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bruising
ecchymosis
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allergic reaction
anaphylaxis
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short term abnormal heartbeats
arrhythmia
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hypertension in the lungs
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
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peritoneal cavity
hemoperitoneum
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blood clot within a blood vessel or blockage of blood in the vessel
thrombus
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fragments of blood clot from thrombus that can travel to the other arteries of the body
embolus
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repair or unblocking of blood vessels
angioplasty
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small mesh tubes that treat narrow and weak arteries
stenting
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dissolving blood clots
thrombolysis
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block or closes blood flow to cancer cells
embolization
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uses heat to destroy the nerve and stop sending signals to the brain
Radiofrequency ablation
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other term for angioplasty
balloon angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
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blood vessels that supply blood to the heart
coronary arteries
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sublingually administered for patients who suffer from chest pain and it is used to dilate blood vessels and lower the blood
nitroglycerin
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are substances that are released by the heart caused by damage or stress due to lack of oxygen that enters the body
cardiac enzymes or cardiac biomarkers
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evaluates the blood's ability to clot
prothrombin time test
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determines if blood thinning therapy is effective
partial thromboplastin time test
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normal creatinine level
0.6 to 1.5 mg per 100 ml
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normal blood urea and nitrogen
8 to 25 mg per 100 ml
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other term for thrombolysis
thrombolytic therapy
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serious condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in a vein located deep inside the body
deep vein thrombolysis
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occurs when blood supply to the part of the brain is interrupted or reduced preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients
stroke
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refers to a cut off of blood supply or ischemia
cerebrovascular accident
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stroke is mainly caused by
embolus
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it is a small stroke or a warning sign for a full stroke
transient ischemic attack
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other terms for excessive clothing ability
hypercoagulability thrombophilia prothrombotic state
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pooling of blood
statis
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balance of the environmental state of the blood and it is the level of natural coagulants
hemostasis
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type of drug that can help dissolve blood clots that get in the way of the blood flow
clot busting agents
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approach used through a catheter that has been navigated to the site of the clot
endovascular approach
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blood in urine
hematuria
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epistaxis
nosebleed
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bloody or black stools
melena
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constipation
dyschezia
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coughing of blood
hemoptysis
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vomiting of blood
hematemesis
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what is ecg vs and loc
electrocardiogram
vital sign
level of consciousness
