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CVT 2420 Invasive Exam 1 Questions and
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What is cardiac catheterization?
Ans: the insertion of small plastic tubes called catheters into
arteries & veins to the heart; used for diagnostic procedures
and intervention
what is Claude Bernard known for?
Ans: first applying cardiac catheterization (in a horse);
obtained ventricular pressures
What is Werner Forssman known for?
Ans: theorizing it was possible to safely insert a tube through a
vein in the arm using a urethral catheter
What is Andre Cournand known for?
Ans: began using catheters to study human circulation,
pulmonary physiology, and to measure cardiac output
What is Zimmerman known for?
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Ans: first to demonstrate retrograde technique by passing
catheter into LV
What is Sven Ivar Seldinger known for?
Ans: first percutaneous femoral artery technique
What are Ross, Cope, and Brochenbrough known for?
Ans: transseptal cath
What is Mason Sones known for?
Ans: first selective coronary angiogram; father of coronary
arteriography; Sones Technique: 1 inch incision to antecubital
space to isolate brachial artery
What are Charles Dotter and Melvin Judkins known for?
Ans: found that by inserting a series of stiff dilators gradually
increasing in diameter through diseased vessels, blood flow
improved
What is Judkins most known for?
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Ans: using Seldinger's technique and catheters with performed
curves to visualize coronary anatomy; finding appropriate
shapes for catheters to reach the ositum of coronary arteries
What is Rene Favaloro known for?
Ans: conducting first modern saphenous vein bypass graft at
Cleveland Clinic
What are Swan and Ganz known for?
Ans: introducing a flow directed balloon-tipped catheter for
monitoring right heart pressures & thermodilution cardiac
outputs
What is Andreas Gruentzig known for?
Ans: interventional cardiology; first PTCA (percutaneous
transluminal coronary angioplasty)
What is a drug-eluting stent?
Ans: stent coated with slow-release medicine to help prevent
blood clots from forming in stent
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CVT 2420 Invasive Exam 1 Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
What is cardiac catheterization?
Ans: the insertion of small plastic tubes called catheters into
arteries & veins to the heart; used for diagnostic procedures
and intervention
what is Claude Bernard known for?
Ans: first applying cardiac catheterization (in a horse);
obtained ventricular pressures
What is Werner Forssman known for?
Ans: theorizing it was possible to safely insert a tube through a
vein in the arm using a urethral catheter
What is Andre Cournand known for?
Ans: began using catheters to study human circulation,
pulmonary physiology, and to measure cardiac output
What is Zimmerman known for?
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Ans: first to demonstrate retrograde technique by passing
catheter into LV
What is Sven Ivar Seldinger known for?
Ans: first percutaneous femoral artery technique
What are Ross, Cope, and Brochenbrough known for?
Ans: transseptal cath
What is Mason Sones known for?
Ans: first selective coronary angiogram; father of coronary
arteriography; Sones Technique: 1 inch incision to antecubital
space to isolate brachial artery
What are Charles Dotter and Melvin Judkins known for?
Ans: found that by inserting a series of stiff dilators gradually
increasing in diameter through diseased vessels, blood flow
improved
What is Judkins most known for?
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Ans: using Seldinger's technique and catheters with performed
curves to visualize coronary anatomy; finding appropriate
shapes for catheters to reach the ositum of coronary arteries
What is Rene Favaloro known for?
Ans: conducting first modern saphenous vein bypass graft at
Cleveland Clinic
What are Swan and Ganz known for?
Ans: introducing a flow directed balloon-tipped catheter for
monitoring right heart pressures & thermodilution cardiac
outputs
What is Andreas Gruentzig known for?
Ans: interventional cardiology; first PTCA (percutaneous
transluminal coronary angioplasty)
What is a drug-eluting stent?
Ans: stent coated with slow-release medicine to help prevent
blood clots from forming in stent
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