Cardiovascular System Procedures

Follow directions and watch the videos under the

cardiovascular system module. Keep this as a study guide for
the next test!
Look under the cardiac bypass videos and answer the
following:

Why would a patient need this surgery?

Plaque buildup which leads to lack of blood flow to the
heart

Where are the new arteries taken from

Another part of the body
Coronary artery

Where is the incision made

Over the sternum

Research what limitations have to be made for a patient after

bypass surgery (think about where the incision is)
No upper body exercises

Look up what the term angiogenesis means

Development of new blood vessels
Watch the pacemaker video and answer the following
questions:

Can you drive immediately after this procedure?

2 weeks
Describe this procedure
Small incision under collar bone
Leads are inserted into vein until reach right atrium
Connected to pulse generator
Placed in small pound under collar bone
Incision sewn up
Why would a patient have this procedure done
Arrhythmia or ssome kind of heart condition that causes the
heart to beat irregularly

Watch the heart catherization video and answer the following

questions:
Where is the needle inserted?

Groin
Femoral artery
Why is this procedure done?
Heart disease
Describe how a balloon is inflated and a stent is implanted
Pump inflates balloon at site of plaque buildup and places stent
to prevent from future buildup

Watch the AAA repair video and answer the following:

What was the patients diagnosis?
Type A aortic dissection
What happened that required CPR during the procedure
Cardiac arrest
Describe a aortic dissection
Tear in the inner layer of the aorta
Watch the atherectomy video and answer the following?

Describe an atherectomy?

Grind away plaque buildup

Femoral artery
Threaded through
Blade on end of guide wire
Grinds plaque away
Watch the stress test video and answer the following:
Describe an adenosine stress test?
Treadmill- walk on treadmill
Nuclear- dye inserted into vein
What can a stress test find out about the patient?
Find abnormal heart rhythm
Exercise tolerance

How does the doctor look at the results?

Ultrasound pictures of the heart before and after test
Taking pictures of heart with special camera with injected dye
EKG during test