Ch. 11 Cardiovascular System

angiogram

• Record (x-ray) of a blood vessel.

• Surgical repair of a blood vessel.

• Hardening of arteries.

angioplasty

• Surgical repair of a blood vessel.

• Hardening of arteries.

• Record (x-ray) of a blood vessel.

aortic stenosis

• Narrowing of the aorta.

• Surgical connection between arteries.

• Collection of fatty material in an artery.

arteriosclerosis

• Hardening of arteries.

• Hardening of arteries with deposit of fatty substance.

• Narrowing of the aorta.

arterial anastomosis

• Surgical connection between arteries.

• Collection of fatty material in an artery

• Removal of a fatty mass in a vessel.

arteriography

• Process of recording (x-ray) arteries after injecting contrast material.

• Disease of heart muscle.

• Condition of slow heartbeat.

endarterectomy

• Removal of the inner lining of the artery (when it is filled with plaque).

• Enlargement of the heart.

• Disease of heart muscle.

atheroma

• Collection of fatty material in an artery.

• Process of recording (x-ray) arteries after injecting contrast material.

• Condition of fast heartbeat.

atherosclerosis

• Removal of a fatty mass in a vessel.

• Disease of heart muscle.

• Narrowing of the aorta.

atherectomy

• Removal of a fatty mass in a vessel.

• Enlargement of the heart.

• Hardening of arteries.