Tests & Treatments

Question 0

Holter monitor

Answer 0

Ambulatory ECG
✳️avoid magnets & metal detectors
✳️keep an accurate diary
✳️push “event button” if something occurs

Question 1

TEE

Answer 1

Invasive ECG
✳️signed consent 
✳️V/S
✳️gag reflex 
✳️level of consciousness

Question 2

Echocardiogram

Answer 2

Heart ultrasound

✳️no special prep or post care

Question 3

Stress test

Answer 3

Exercise ECG that detects presence & severity of CAD
✳️NPO 2 hours prior
✳️signed consent

Question 4

Cardioversion

Answer 4

Synchronized shock delivered to terminate dysrhythmias administered either electively or for an emergency
✳️informed consent
✳️V/S
✳️skin irritation
✳️neurological status

Question 5

Heart Cath

Answer 5

Injecting dye into vein or artery (invasive)
✳️signed consent
✳️assess for allergies to seafood & iodine
✳️V/S
✳️monitor puncture site

Question 6

Cardiac enzymes

Answer 6

Blood draw
✳️no special prep
✳️monitor puncture site

Question 7

Troponin

Answer 7

Blood draw
✳️no special prep
✳️monitor puncture site

Question 8

BNP

Answer 8

Blood draw
✳️no special prep
✳️monitor puncture site

Question 9

CABG

Answer 9

Surgery performed to improve blood supply to the myocardium

Uses patient’s own vasculature as bypasses for occluded coronary arteries