medical procedures

1. MEDICALPROCEDURES Maria A Gomez

2. VENOGRAPHY

3. VENOGRAPHY (PHLEBOGRAPHY) X-RAY OF THE VEINS BY INJECTING DYE WITH A CATHETER INTO THE BONE MARROW OF THE VEINS.

5. EVALUATES VERICOSE VEINS BEFORE SURGERY

7. CAN CAUSE DEEP VEIN THROMBOSES (RARE)

8. MAY IRRITATE SKIN WHERE DYE IS BEING INJECTED

10. STRESS TESTING EVALUATES CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS. PATIENT IS PLACED IN A TREADMILL OR ASKED TO PERFORM ALTERNATE EXERCIZE WHILE STEADILY INCREASING LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY.

12. DOCTORS CAN TELL WHETHER THERE IS ADEQUATE BLOOD FLOW TO THE HEART.

14. SHORTNESS OF BREATH

16. ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MEASURES THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE HEART OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. ELECTRODES ARE ATTACHED TO THE SURFACE OF THE SKIN BY A DEVICE THAT IS EXTERNAL TO THE BODY.

18. MONITORS EFFECTS OF MEDICINE TREATING CORONARY ARTERIES

19. REVEALS RYTHIM PROBLEMS IN THE HEART

20. DETERMINES THICKENING OF THE HEART MUSCLE

22. IF AN ECG IS BEING PERFORMED DURING A STRESS TEST AND ABNORMAL SYMPTOMS OCCUR, TEST WILL BE ABORTED.