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15 Cards in this Set
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A PTCA IS AN ASPIRATION OF FLUID FROM THE PERICARDIUM TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT CARDIAC TAMPONADE |
FALSE |
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THE GROWTH OF NEW BLOOD VESSELS IS ANGIOGENESIS |
TRUE |
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A SERIES OF HOLES MADE IN THE HEART TO STIMULATE GROWTH OF NEW BLOOD VESSELS IS TERMED TRANSMYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION |
TRUE |
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AN "AMBULATORY" PHLEBECTOMY IS PERFORMED TO REMOVE SUPERFICIAL VARICOSE VEINS |
TRUE |
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CUTTING ATHEROMATOUS PLAQUE FROM THE INNER LINING OF AN ARTERY IS ENDARTERECTOMY |
TRUE |
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THE C IN PTCA STANDS FOR CATHETER |
FALSE |
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THE TM IN TMR STANDS FOR TRANSMYOCARDIAL |
TRUE |
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IN TMR, THE GOAL IS TO STIMULATE THE GROWTH OF NEW BLOOD VESSELS TO INCREASE CIRCULATION TO THE HEART |
TRUE |
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THE A IN CABG STANDS FOR ATRIAL |
FALSE |
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IN ECC, THE E STANDS FOR ENDO |
FALSE |
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A LAZER IS USED IN TMR TO MAKE A SERIES OF HOLES IN THE HOPE OF INCREASING BLOOD FLOW |
TRUE |
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CRUSHING A BLOOD VESSEL TO CONTROL BLEEDING IS CALLED ANGIOTRIPSY |
TRUE |
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CARDIOPLEGIA IS THE IMMOBILIZATION OF THE HEART IN ORDER TO PERFORM CARDIAC SURGERY |
TRUE |
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SPLENECTOMY MAY BE PERFORMED TO TREAT SPLENOMEGALY OR A RUPTURED SPLEEN |
TRUE |
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PARICARDIAL TAP IS THE SAME AS PERICARDIOCENTESIS |
TRUE |
