cardio diagnosis and treatment

• Ablation

   Removal or destruction. In cardiac ablation, a catheter is used to destroy a portion of the heart's conduction pathway to correct an arrhythmia
• Angioplasty

  A procedure that reopens a narrowed vessel and restores blood flow. Commonly accomplished by surgically removing plaque, inflating a balloon within the vessel, or installing a device (stent) to keep the vessel open
• Artificial pace maker

  A battery-operated device that generates electrical impulses to regulate the heartbeat. It may be external or implanted, may be designed to respond to need, and may have the capacity to prevent tachycardia
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR)

  Restoration of cardiac output and pulmonary ventilation after cardiac arrest using artificial respiration and chest compression or cardiac massage
• Cardioversion

  Correction of an abnormal cardiac rhythm. May be accomplished pharmacologically with antiarrhythmic drugs, or by application of electric current (see defibrillation)
• Coronary angiography

  Radiographic study of the coronary arteries after introduction of an opaque dye by means of a catheter threaded through blood vessels into the heart
• Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

  Surgical creation of a shunt to bypass a blocked coronary artery. he aorta is connected to a point past the obstruction with another vessel or a piece of another vessel, usually the left internal mammary artery or part of the leg's saphenous vein
• Coronary calcium scan (heart scan)

  Method for visualizing vessel-narrowing calcium deposits in coronary arteries. Useful for diagnosing coronary artery disease in people at moderate risk or those who have undiagnosed chest pain
• Creatine kinase MB (CK-MB)

  Enzyme released in increased amounts from cardiac muscle cells following myocardial infarction (MI). Serum assays help diagnose MI and determine the extent of muscle

  damage
• CT Angiography (CTA)

  Computed tomography scan used to visualize vessels in the heart and other organs. Requires only a small amount of dye injected into the arm. Can rule out blocked coronary arteries that may cause a myocardial infarction (heart attack) in people with chest pain or abnormal stress tests
• Defibrillation

  Use of an electronic device (defibrillator) to stop fibrillation by delivering a brief electric shock to the heart. The shock may be delivered to the surface of the chest, as by an automated external defibrillator (AED), or directly into the heart through wire leads, using an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
• Echocardiography

  A noninvasive method that uses ultrasound to visualize internal cardiac structures
• Lipoprotein

  A compound of protein with lipid, Lipoprotein are classified according to density as very low-density (VLDL), low-density (LDL), and high-density (HDL). Relatively higher levels of HDLS have been correlated with cardiovascular health
• Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)

  Dilatation of a sclerotic blood vessel by means of a balloon catheter inserted into the vessel and then inflated to flatten plaque against the arterial wall
•  Stent

  A small metal device in the shape of a coil or slotted tube that is placed inside an artery to keep the vessel open after balloon angioplasty
• Stress test

  Evaluation of physical fitness by continuous ECG monitoring during exercise. In a thallium stress test, a radioactive isotope of thallium is administered to trace blood flow through the heart during exercise
• Troponin(Tn)

  A protein in muscle cells that regulates contraction. Increased serum levels, primarily in the forms TnT and Tnl, indicate recent myocardial infarction (MI)