NURS1027 Study Guide - Cardiac Catheterization, Edema, Cardiac Arrhythmia
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Week 4: nursing care of clients with cardiovascular conditions. Anticoagulant: a substance that is used to prevent and treat blood clots in blood vessels and the heart. Angiography: an x-ray or computer image (ct scan or mri) of the blood vessels and blood flow in the body. Angioplasty: a procedure to open narrowed or blocked blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. Bradycardia: a slow heart rate, when the heart beats less than 60 beats per minute. Bypass surgery: a procedure that restores blood flow to your heart muscle by diverting the flow of blood around a section of a blocked artery in your heart. Cardiac catheterization: in cardiac catheterization (often called cardiac cath), your doctor puts a very small, flexible, hollow tube (called a catheter) into a blood vessel in the groin, arm, or neck. Coagulation: the process by which a blood clot is formed.
