Radiographic Pathology for Technologists Chapter 4 Cardiovascular
system Questions and Answers| Latest Update
Myocardial perfusion scan ✔️✔️The most widely used procedure in nuclear cardiology;
performed on patients with chest pain of an unknown origin to evaluate coronary artery
stenosis; a follow up to bypass surgery, angioplasty, or thrombolysis
Myocardium ✔️✔️muscular, middle layer of the heart
Patent ductus arteriosus ✔️✔️passageway between the aorta and the pulmonary artery remains
open after birth
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty ✔️✔️Balloon catheter to open up the vessels occlusion
before stent placement
Permanent catheterization ✔️✔️a catheter is placed in the subclavian or jugular vein and
tunneled under the skin to allow for improved dialysis access.
Phlebitis ✔️✔️inflammation of the walls of a vein
Pulmonary embolus ✔️✔️occurs when a blood cot forms or becomes lodged in a pulmonary
artery
Rheumatic fever ✔️✔️produces inflammatory changes within the connective tissues of the body
Right and left atria ✔️✔️two upper chambers of the heart
Saccular aneurysm ✔️✔️localized bulge involving one side of the arterial wall
, Sinoatrial (SA) node ✔️✔️pacemaker of the heart
Stent ✔️✔️wire-mesh tube used to keep arteries open
Systole ✔️✔️contraction phase of the heartbeat
Tetralogy of Fallot ✔️✔️a congenital malformation of the heart involving four distinct defects. 1)
pulmonary stenosis, 2) ventricular septal defect, 3) overriding aorta, 4) hypertrophy of the Rt
ventricle
Thrombolysis ✔️✔️destruction of a blood clot
Thrombophlebitis ✔️✔️inflammation of a vein associated with a clot formation
Thrombus ✔️✔️blood clot
Transesophageal echocardiography ✔️✔️an ultrasonic imaging technique that is performed from
inside the esophagus to evaluate heart structures
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) ✔️✔️Procedure, a catheter is used to
connect the jugular vein to the portal vein to reduce the flow of blood through a diseased liver
Transposition of the great vessels ✔️✔️is an anomaly in which the aorta arises from the right
ventricle instead of the left ventricle and the pulmonary trunk arises from the left ventricle
instead of the right ventricle
Valvular stenosis ✔️✔️is caused by a scarring of valve cusps that eventually adhere to one
another
system Questions and Answers| Latest Update
Myocardial perfusion scan ✔️✔️The most widely used procedure in nuclear cardiology;
performed on patients with chest pain of an unknown origin to evaluate coronary artery
stenosis; a follow up to bypass surgery, angioplasty, or thrombolysis
Myocardium ✔️✔️muscular, middle layer of the heart
Patent ductus arteriosus ✔️✔️passageway between the aorta and the pulmonary artery remains
open after birth
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty ✔️✔️Balloon catheter to open up the vessels occlusion
before stent placement
Permanent catheterization ✔️✔️a catheter is placed in the subclavian or jugular vein and
tunneled under the skin to allow for improved dialysis access.
Phlebitis ✔️✔️inflammation of the walls of a vein
Pulmonary embolus ✔️✔️occurs when a blood cot forms or becomes lodged in a pulmonary
artery
Rheumatic fever ✔️✔️produces inflammatory changes within the connective tissues of the body
Right and left atria ✔️✔️two upper chambers of the heart
Saccular aneurysm ✔️✔️localized bulge involving one side of the arterial wall
, Sinoatrial (SA) node ✔️✔️pacemaker of the heart
Stent ✔️✔️wire-mesh tube used to keep arteries open
Systole ✔️✔️contraction phase of the heartbeat
Tetralogy of Fallot ✔️✔️a congenital malformation of the heart involving four distinct defects. 1)
pulmonary stenosis, 2) ventricular septal defect, 3) overriding aorta, 4) hypertrophy of the Rt
ventricle
Thrombolysis ✔️✔️destruction of a blood clot
Thrombophlebitis ✔️✔️inflammation of a vein associated with a clot formation
Thrombus ✔️✔️blood clot
Transesophageal echocardiography ✔️✔️an ultrasonic imaging technique that is performed from
inside the esophagus to evaluate heart structures
Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) ✔️✔️Procedure, a catheter is used to
connect the jugular vein to the portal vein to reduce the flow of blood through a diseased liver
Transposition of the great vessels ✔️✔️is an anomaly in which the aorta arises from the right
ventricle instead of the left ventricle and the pulmonary trunk arises from the left ventricle
instead of the right ventricle
Valvular stenosis ✔️✔️is caused by a scarring of valve cusps that eventually adhere to one
another
