Cath Lab

2. cine or dynamic mode
7. (two words) Also known as a Heart Attack, is when a blood clot completely blocks a coronary artery
10. Cardiac muscle
12. (three words) cath labe reduces the need for this procedure
13. (two words) an exam performed in the cath lab
14. (two words) anasthetic used in cath lab during most procedures
15. The buildup of plaque on the inner walls of arteries
17. (two words) established the first cardiac catheterization
19. (two words) A surgical intern in Germany who wanted to find a method to inject drugs in cardiac emergencies
20. (two words) Frame rate that stitches all the images together to show a live video
21. (two words) Guidelines that need to be followed by all staff in the cath lab. It is the rad tech's responsibility to ensure.

1. usually inserted to regulate an otherwise unusual heartbeat
3. (two words) In 1929, imagaing used to document the presence of the catheter in the heart
4. (two words) tissue in the heart that coordinates contractions of the muscle to regulate heart beat
5. (pneumonic) A minimally invasive procedure in cath lab that uses a catheter to repair & replace diseased aortic valves
6. (three words) a procedure first performed in a cath lab on an awake patient in 1977
8. (three words) jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1956
9. Abnormal heart rhythm
11. (two words) used in cath lab to take images and "movies"
16. (two words)hospital in New York City where first cath lab was established
17. (two words) cardiac catheterization lab
18. Epithelial tissue which is the smooth, thin lining in the heart chambers and valves