1. Bill was having pain in his chest that radiated up his neck and down his arm. He called his family physician, who thought Bill should report to the local hospital’s emergency department (ED) immediately. The first test performed in the ED was a/an ------

2. Dr. Kelly explained to their family that their observation of the bluish color of baby Charles’s skin helped her make the diagnosis of a/an ------- defect in the baby’s heart, which needed immediate attention.

3. Mr. Duggan had a fever of unknown origin. When the doctors completed an echocardiogram and saw vegetations on his mitral valve, they suspected -------

4. Claudia’s hands turned, almost purple, whenever she went out into the cold or became stressed. Her physician thought it might be wise to evaluate her for ------

5. Surgical removal of plaque from the inner lining of an artery --------

6. Application of brief electrical discharges across the chest to stop ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia -----

7. Measurement of the heart’s response to physical exertion (patient monitored while jogging on a treadmill) ---------

8. Recording of the electricity in the heart ---------

9. Use of echoes from high-frequency sound waves to produce images of the heart ------

10. Anastomosis of vessel grafts to existing coronary arteries to maintain blood supply to the myocardium --------

11. Local widening of an artery -------

12. Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart

13. Congenital malformation involving four separate heart defects -------

14. The relaxation phase of the heart beat is called ------

15. NSTEMI is expanded as ------

16. VSD expands to -----

17. TEE expands to -----

18. DVT is -------

19. Structure on veins or in the heart that temporarily closes an opening so that blood flows in only one direction -----

20. Flow of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart is called -----

21. Specialized nervous tissue in the right atrium that begins the heart beat is called -----

22. Thin walled vessels that carries blood from body tissues and lungs back to the heart is called ----

23. Process of injecting drugs into the blood stream to dissolve clots for patients with coronary thrombosis---

24. Improper closure of the mitral valve is called ---

25. Which of the following is NOT part of the tetraology of Fallot?

26. Small holes in the wall between the atria or the ventricles is called ----

27. Clot of material that travels through the blood stream and suddenly blocks a vessel is called ---

28. These carry blood to the heart:

29. Relaxation phase of heart beat:

30. Nature’s pacemaker is this node:

31. Node located on interatrial septum:

32. Which of the following is NOT one of the three layers of chamber walls of the heart?

33. Septum that divides upper tow chambers of the heart:

34. Valve between right atrium and right ventricle:

35. Outer two-layer covering of heart:

36. These are chambers that receive blood:

37. This combining form means plaque:

38. Lesion of carotid artery may lead to:

39. Angina pectoris is:

40. In this type of regurgitation there is a backflow of blood from left ventricle into left atrium:

41. Smooth muscle is found in all of the following except:

42. Deoxygenated blood collects in which major veins during the process of circulation?

43. Identify the organ that filters and destroys red blood cells that are no longer efficient.

44. Which of the following structures does not have a CPT code range assigned in the 40000 range of codes?

45. Which of the following terms is not an anatomical system?

46. The prefix “hemato” in the term hematopoietic means:

47. carotid endarterectomy is performed to:

48. Withdrawal of fluid or cells by suction or negative pressure.

49. Blood that is detectable by a chemical test in stool or urine specimens.

50. Removal of a small piece of tissue from a living body for histologic examination that is needed to establish a definitive diagnosis.

51. The vascular family of the first order common carotid includes which of the following second order branches?

52. What is the type of device implanted in a patient with cardiac conduction or rhythm disorders?

53. The tricuspid valve is a:

54. Air exchange in the lungs result in transfer of ---- out of the body and ---- transferred into the blood.

55. The pulmonary arteries receive which type of blood:

56. The —————– is a fist-sized, cone shaped muscle sitting between lungs and behind the sternum.

57. What type of circulation refers to the movement of blood through tissues of the heart?

58. What term refers to a rapid heartbeat?

59. Which valves are the semilunar valves?

60. Through or across the lumen of an artery or vein

61. Catheter placed in the main trunk, contrast may be injected, images may be taken, the catheter is not moved into any other branches is called