Glossary
- Angina
- Heart pain caused by a shortage of blood and oxygen.
- Angioplasty
- Surgery to expand arteries by compressing plaque with a balloon.
- Arterial
- Referring to the oxygen-rich, high-pressure side of the circulatory system.
- Atheroma
- The fat deposits inside arteries in atherosclerosis.
- Cannula
- A small tube inserted into an artery or vein.
- Catheter
- A hollow tube often used to insert equipment, or withdraw samples, from veins or arteries.
- Cauterize
- To close off using heat.
- Heart failure
- Death of heart muscle, causing loss of blood circulation and possibly death.
- Hemorrhaging
- Uncontrolled bleeding.
- Ischemia
- Decline in blood supply.
- Oxidizing
- Combining chemically with oxygen.
- Perfusion
- Dispersal of oxygen-rich blood to virtually all tissues in the body.
- Perfusionist
- Operator of the heart-lung machine.
- Rejection
- Attack by the immune system on foreign tissues that have been transplanted into it.
- Risk factors
- Conditions that are statistically likely to make surgery more dangerous.
- Thoracic
- Related to the thorax, the part of the body between the neck and diaphragm .
- Transducer
- A device that changes energy from one form to another.
- Uremic
- A blood condition marked by acidosis, anemia and other systemic symptoms.
- Venous
- Referring to the return side of the circulatory system.
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