Other Diagnostic Procedures

Question 1

A ____ ____ is a portable device that records electrical activity of the heart.

Answer 1

Holter monitor

Question 2

A holter monitor is worn by the patient for ____ hours.

Answer 2

24-48 hours

Question 3

What is used when patient reports symptoms occur three times or less in a week?

Answer 3

30 day event monitor

Question 4

A ____ uses radioisotopes to evaluate the function of the heart muscle and perfusion with 2D images.

Answer 4

Scintigraphy

Question 5

A ____ is an invasive procedure used to visualize the heart’s chambers, valves, great vessels, and coronary arteries.

Answer 5

Cardiac catherization

Question 6

Cardiac catherization are used commonly to place ____ in the heart, and they have decreased the number of open-heart surgeries completed today.

Answer 6

Stents

Question 8

For right-sided cath, the entry point is a ____ because the blood returns to the heart by way of the venous system.

Answer 8

Vein

Question 9

What side of the heart do they use when they do a PFO/ASD closure?

Answer 9

Right side - cath

Question 10

A ____ allows us to shoot dye into the coronary arteries to see if any blockages have occurred

Answer 10

Angiogram

Question 11

What is the primary purpose of Cath?

Answer 11

Identify blockage/plaque in coronary arteries

Question 12

If the physician is unable to open the coronary arteries, then the patient will have ____.

Answer 12

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)

Question 13

____ is used to evaluate the electrical conduction system of the heart and pinpoint location of arrhythmia.

Answer 13

Electrophysiologic Studies (EP)

Question 14

The cath lab will report a ____ gradient.

Answer 14

Peak-to-peak

Question 15

In echo, we report a ____ gradient.

Answer 15

Peak/max instantaneous

Question 16

Echo and cath lab correlate on the ____ gradient.

Answer 16

Mean