Surgical Terms & Practice

A balloon catheter is used in ______ (also called ______ or _______) to open the passageway inside a blood vessel so that blood can flow freely.

• balloon catheter dilation

• percutaneous transluminal cornary angioplasty (PTCA)

• balloon valvuloplasty

• angioplasty

A _______ involves the use of a balloon catheter to open narrowed cardiac valve openings.

• balloon valvuloplasty

• angioplasty

• coronary angioplasty

Similarly ______ or ______ is opening of a blood vessel using a balloon catheter.

• balloon valvuloplasty

• angioplasty

• coronary angioplasty

______ uses a fiberoptic catheter to view the interior of a blood vessel.

• cardiac angioscopy

• coronary angioplasty

Surgery that involves the use of cardiac cauterization is called ______.

• endovascular surgery

• stent

• intravascular stent

During surgery, a ________ or an _______ may be inserted to hold a blood vessel passageway open.

• endovascular surgery

• stent

• intravascular stent

Sometimes, it becomes necessary to create a detour or a ______ around blockages.

• bypass

• coronary bypass surgery

• coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

• graft

_______ or ______ is performed to attach the vessel to be used for a bypass.

• bypass

• coronary bypass surgery

• coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

• graft

A _______ particularly of a blood vessel from another part of the body, can be used to bypass an arterial blockage .

• bypass

• coronary bypass surgery

• coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

• graft

Sometimes, it is necessary to divert blood flow from the heart during surgery. This procedure, ________ (also called extracorporeal circulation) circulates the blood through a heart-lung machine and back into systemic circulation.

• cardiopulmonary bypass

• coronary bypass