Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Cardiac catheterization is used to record the electrical activity of the heart muscle.
2. Doppler ultrasonography is used to measure blood pressure.
3. CPR is a combination of chest compressions and artificial respiration.
4. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty uses a balloon to enlarge the lumen of a blocked
artery.
5. An embolectomy is a surgical procedure used to remove an aneurysm.
1. FALSE
Cardiac catheterization is the passage of a thin-tube catheter through a blood vessel
leading to the heart to detect abnormalities, to collect cardiac blood samples, and to determine
the blood pressure within the heart. Electrocardiography is used to record the electrical activity
of the heart muscle.
2. FALSE
Doppler ultrasonography is a measurement of the velocity of blood moving
through blood vessels.
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
An aneurysmectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the sac of an aneurysm. An
embolectomy is a surgical procedure to remove an embolus.
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