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| scraping or grating noise heard on auscultation of the heart--suggestive of pericarditis |
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| small, pinpoint hemorrhages |
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| drugs used to lower cholesterol in the bloodstream |
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| vibration felt over an area of turmoil in blood flow (as a blocked artery) |
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| clumps of platelets, clotting proteins, microorganisms, and red blood cells on diseased heart valves |
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| measurement of BNP in blood |
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| brain natriuretic peptide |
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| chemicals are measured in the blood as evidence of a heart attack |
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| measurement of cholesterol and triglycerides in a blood sample |
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| What is another name for a lipid test? |
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| lipoprotein electrophoresis |
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| lipoproteins are physically separated and measured in a blood sample |
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| combination of fat and protein |
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| x-ray imaging of blood vessels after injecteion of contrast material |
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| computed tomography angiography |
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| computed tomography angiography |
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| three dimensional x-ray images of the heart and coronary arteries using computed tomography (64 slice CT scanner) |
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| digital subtraction angiography |
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| digital subtraction angiography |
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| video equipment and a computer produce x-ray images of blood vessels |
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| electron beam computed tomography |
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| electron beams and CT identify calcium deposits in and around coronary arteries to diagnose early CAD |
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| The two abbreviations for electron beam computed tomography |
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| Doppler ultrasound studies |
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| sound waves measure blood flow within blood vessels |
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| What does ECHO stand for? |
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| echoes generated by high-frequency sound waves produce images of the heart |
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| positron emission tomography scan |
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| positron emission tomography |
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| images show blood flow and myocardial function following uptake of radioactive glucose |
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| technetium Tc 99m sestamibi scan |
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| Technetium Tc 99m sestabmibi injected intravenously is taken up in cardiac tissue, where it is detected by scanning |
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| concentration of radioactive thallium is measured to give information about blood supply to the heart muscle |
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| images of the heart are produced using radiowave energy in a magnetic field |
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| thin, flexible tube is guided into the heart via a vein or an artery |
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