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18 Cards in this Set
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Angiography
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Dye is injected into the bloodstream or heart chamber and x-rays are taken of the heart and large blood vessels in the chest.
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Auscultation
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Listening to sounds within the body with a stethoscope
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CABG
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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft -- vessels are connected to existing coronary arteries to detour around blocked vessels.
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Cardiac MRI
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Magnetic waves are beamed at the heart and an image is produced
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Cardiac scan
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Scan of the heart measuring the accumulation of radioactive substance injected into the heart
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Catheterization
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Cardiac catheterization of the heart -- a thin flexible tube is introduced into a vein or artery and guided to the heart to detect pressures and patterns of blood floow
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Defibrillation
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Known as cardioversion -- use of electrical shock to restore the heart's normal rhythm
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DSA
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Digital subtraction angiography -- x-ray pictures of the blood vessels are taken
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Doppler
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Sound waves of blood vessels
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ECG
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Electrocardiogram -- record of the electricital activity of the heart
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ECHO
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Echocardiography -- sound waves are transmitted into the chest and echoes returning from the valves, chambers and surfaces of the heart are electronically plotted and recorded.
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Heart transplant
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Donor heart is transferred to a recipient
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Holter monitoring
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Device to monitor the heart for 24 hours with a portable electrocardiograph
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Lipid test
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Measurement of fatty substances found in foods and in the body
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Percussion
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Tapping the body surface with fingers
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Serum enzyme tests
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Enzymes are measured for patient's who have had an MI
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Stress test
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Exercise tolerance test to determine the heart's response to physical exertion
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Valvulopasty
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Surgical repair of a heart valve.
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