Medical Terminology Simplified

4. Did the patient have a prior history of heart problems? If so, describe them.


5. Was the patient’s prior heart problem related to her current one?

MEDICAL RECORD ACTIVITY 5-2

CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION

Terminology

Terms listed in the table below come from the medical report Cardiac Catheterization that follows. Use a medical
dictionary such as Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary,the appendices of this book, or other resources to define
each term. Then practice reading the pronunciations aloud for each term.

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Term Definition

angiography

ăn-jē-ŎG-ră-fē

angioplasty

ĂN-jē-ō-plăs-tē

catheter

KĂTH-ĕ-tĕr

heparin

HĔP-ă-rĭn

lidocaine

LĪ-dō-kān

sheath

SHĒTH

ST elevations

stenosis

stĕ-NŌ-sĭs