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Angiocardiogram |
Series of images of heart and major blood vessels after radiocontrast into the coronary arteries Angio- vessel; cardio- heart; gram- an image or record |
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Ascultation |
Listening for sounds Auscultation- to listen; -tion - the process of |
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Heart murmur |
The sound a heart valve makes when it doesn’t close properly |
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Edema |
Fluid buildup in the lungs and other tissues of the body because of the failure of the heart (congestive heart failure) |
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Hematocrit |
The percentage of red blood cells,by volume, in a sample of blood Hemat/o - blood; crit- to separate |
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Nuclear stress test |
Using radioactive material to view how blood flows through the heart before and after exercise |
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Phlebography; venography |
A radio graphic test uses die injected into a vein to produce picture of veins in a limb (extremity ) Phleb/o-vein; ven/o -vein; -graph- producing a picture or image |
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Phlebotomy |
Puncturing with a needle or surgically opening a vein for the purpose of drawing blood |
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Sphygmomanometer |
Measuring device to measure blood in an artery (blood pressure machine) |
