Diagnostic & Practice

Doctors who specialize in diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease (cardiology) are called ______. These specialists usually see clients who already have some type of cardiovascular problem or indication of disease.

• cardiologist

• neurologist

The cardiologist often starts an examination with ______ (listening to sounds within the body through a stethoscope. Some abnormal sounds a physician may hear are a murmur, a bruit, or a gallop. Each sound is a clue to the client's condition.

• sphygmomanometer

• auscultation

A _____ is then often used to measure blood pressure.

• auscultation

• sphygmomanometer

A common test is ______, which produces an electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG) this measures the amount of electricity flowing through the heart by means of electrodes placed on the client's skin at specific points surrounding the heart.

• electrocardiography

• electroneurography

A ____ is a portable electrocardiograph, or instrument that performs an electrocardiogram, over a 24-hour period.

• Holter monitor

• monitor

Various diagnostic procedures can be performed by producing some type of image. Taking x-rays after a dye has been injected is called _____ (x-ray of the heart and its large blood vessels).

• angiocardiography

• angiography

• arteriorgraphy

• aortography

Various diagnostic procedures can be performed by producing some type of image.

______ (x-ray of blood vessels).

• angiocardiography

• angiography

• arteriography

• aortography

Various diagnostic procedures can be performed by producing some type of image.

_______ (x-ray of a specific artery).

• angiocardiography

• angiography

• arteriography

• aortography

Various diagnostic procedures can be performed by producing some type of image.

_______ (x-ray of the aorta).

• angiocardiography

• angiography

• arteriography

• aortography

Various diagnostic procedures can be performed by producing some type of image.

______ or ______ (x-ray of a specific vein).

• aortography

• arteriography

• venography

• phlebography