This week you will use the following listed terms to complete the medical report below. You can letter and list your response a, b, c etc. This week there is no requirement to respond to a classmate.
| endocarditis | block |
| angiostenosis | electrocardiography |
| cardiology | valvuloplasty |
| myocardial infarction | angina pectoris |
| atherosclerosis | cardiologist |
| cardiovalvulitis | stress Echo |
A patient named Robert Gorman complained of pain in the heart area of the chest, or (a) ____________________, and was subsequently referred to (b) ____________________ for immediate diagnosis and treatment. The specialist, a (c) ____________________, diagnosed the pain as having a cause from insufficient blood supply to the heart. The patient was given medication and educated about heart disease management. Several weeks later, the patient was readmitted due to continued complaints of chest pain. After evaluating heart electrical events with (d) ____________________, the physician performed a technique using sound waves to evaluate heart activity during physical exercise, known as a(n) (e) ____________________ ____________________. The ECG showed a normal conduction system, thereby ruling out damage to the conduction system, or a heart (f) ____________________. The stress ECHO also showed mostly normal results, ruling out damage to the heart muscle, or a(n) (g) ____________________ ____________________, because the heart muscle was receiving sufficient levels of oxygen. Because blood flow was normal, the narrowing of a coronary artery, generally called a(n) (h) ____________________, was eliminated as a cause, which also eliminated the common plaque-forming disease that causes a stenosis, known as (i) ____________________. However, the stress ECHO did reveal abnormal valvular activity during ventricular contraction, or systole, indicating a valvular disorder called (j) ____________________. A course of treatment was ordered that included a long-term, nonpenicillin antibiotic therapy with an IV drip. If the patient did not improve, consideration for a surgical operation to repair a damaged valve, called (k) ____________________, would be made.
This week you will list and define 3 medical terms (full terms) related to each system learned this week. 3 medical terms from Integumentary System, 3 medical terms from the Skeletal System and 3 medical terms from the Muscular system.
