front 1 Cardiopulmonary | back 1 means pertaining to the heart and lungs |
front 2 Cardiopulmonary bypass | back 2 the method used to divert blood away from the heart and lungs temporarily |
front 3 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) | back 3 is recommended as an emergency first-aid procedure to reestablish heart and lung action if breathing or heart action has stopped. |
front 4 Antiarrhythmic | back 4 drugs are used to prevent, alleviate, or correct an abnormal heart rhythm. Digoxin |
front 5 thrombolytic | back 5 agent administered through a catheter to dissolve the clot. |
front 6 Vasodilators | back 6 medications that cause dilation of blood vessels. |
front 7 Antihypertensives | back 7 agents that are used to reduce high blood pressure. Diuretics are also used and act to reduce the blood volume through greater excretion of water by the kidneys. |
front 8 Antilipidemic | back 8 drugs are prescribed to lower cholesterol levels in the blood |
front 9 Angioplasty | back 9 surgical repair of blood vessels that have become damaged by disease or injury. |
front 10 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) | back 10 using venous or arterial grafts |
front 11 Intravascular thrombolysis | back 11 incorporates a thrombolytic agent delivered through a catheter to a clot. |
front 12 phleb+ectomy | back 12 excision of a vein, or a segment of vein |
front 13 hemorrhoid+ectomy | back 13 surgical excision of a hemorrhoid. |