cardio-therapeutic procedures-surgical procedure

Question 1

Surgical removal of sac of an aneurysm

Answer 1

Aneurysmectomy

Question 2

Surgical joining together of two arteries; performed if artery is severed or if damaged section of artery is removed

Answer 2

Arterial anastomosis

Question 3

Surgical procedure to remove deposit of fatty substance, atheroma, from artery

Answer 3

Atherectomy

Question 4

Open-heart surgery in which blood vessels from another location in body is grafted to route blood around blocked coronary artery

Answer 4

Coronary artery bypass graft

Question 5

Removal of embolus or clot form blood vessels

Answer 5

Embolectomy

Question 6

Removal of disease or damaged inner lining of artery; usually performed to remove atherosclerotic plaques

Answer 6

Endaterectomy

Question 7

Replacement of disease or malfunctioning heart with donor’s heart

Answer 7

Heart transplantation

Question 8

Placement of stent within coronary artery to treat coronary ischemia due to atherosclerosis

Answer 8

Intracoronary artery stent

Question 9

Surgical treatment for varicose veins; damaged vein is tied off (litigation) and removed (stripping)

Answer 9

Ligation and stripping

Question 10

Method for treating localized coronary artery narrowing; balloon catheter is inserted through skin into coronary artery and inflated to dilate narrow blood vessel

Answer 10

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Question 11

Stainless steel tube placed within blood vessel or duct to widen lumen

Answer 11

Stent

Question 12

Removal of disease heart valve and replacement with artificial valve

Answer 12

Valve replacement

Question 13

Surgical procedure to repair a heart valve

Answer 13

Valvoplasty