MR260 Medical Transcription II

Week 8-Chapter 10 “Cardiology Practice”

Essentials of Medical Transcription

Instructor: Kathleen A. Bishop, M.B.A., Ph.D.

What You need for this class…

• Both textbooks:Essentials of Medical Transcription, A

Modular Approach, Destafano & Federman, Second Edition

AAMT Book of Style for Medical Transcription

Any other resource books you may have available such as medical dictionary, PDR, Merck Manual, etc.

How the class will work…

• This is an open book Seminar.

• Be prepared to respond to the questions on each slide, where indicted.

• Be prepared to share your thoughts with the other class participants.

• After the questions slide you will see an answer slide so you can check to see how you did.

Is everyone ready?

Exercises

• The next few slides have questions to answer.

• The answer slides will follow the question slides.

Cardiology Medicine

• Answer True or False to the questions below

1. Myocardial pertains to the muscular tissue of the heart.

2. Infarction is the death of a tissue caused by lack of oxygen flow to the lungs?

3. Heparin is a generic name for an anticoagulant.

4. Bradycardia is the fast beating of the heart.

5. Aneurysm is a localized dilatation of the wall of the heart.

ANSWERS

1. Myocardial pertains to the muscular tissue of the heart. TRUE

2. Infarction is the death of a tissue caused by lack of oxygen flow to the lungs? FALSE: Is the death of a tissue caused by lack of blood flow to the area.

3. Heparin is a generic name for an anticoagulant. TRUE

4. Bradycardia is the fast beating of the heart. FALSE: is the slowness of the heartbeat.

5. Aneurysm is a localized dilation of the wall of the heart. FALSE: it is a localized dilatation of the wall of a blood vessel

Fill in the Blanks

1. Digoxin is a generic name for a ___________.

2. Thrombosis is the formation of a _______ _____ in the vascular system.

3. Stent is a device placed within the lumen of a _____ to provide support and patency of the ______.

4. Venous pertains to the __________.

5. Ischemia is decreased supply of ____________ __________ to a body part.

ANSWERS1. Digoxin is a generic name for a cardiotonic.

2. Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot in the vascular system.

3. Stent is a device placed within the lumen of a vessel to provide support and patency of the vessel.

4. Venous pertains to the veins.

5. Ischemia is decreased supply of oxygenated blood to a body part.

Cardiology Abbreviations

1. ICU

2. MI

3. DVT

4. IV

5. ECG, EKG

6. BP

7. CPR

8. AV

9. CAD

10. CHF

11. ACS

ANSWERS

1. ICU: Intensive care Unit

2. MI: Myocardial Infarction

3. DVT: deep vein thrombosis

4. IV: intravenous

5. ECG, EKG, electrocardiogram

6. BP: blood pressure

7. CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation

8. AV: atrioventricular

9. CAD: coronary artery disease

10. CHF: congestive heart failure

11. ACS: acute coronary syndrome

Correct the Spellings below

• Medications: Lotenson Potasium Niphedipine Verapamile Cardozem Precardia Teczen Mevik

ANSWERS

• Lotensin

• potassium

• Doxepin

• Nifedipine

• Verapamil

• Cardizem

• Procardia

• Teczem

• Mavik

What type of drug is it and what is it used for?• Lotensin

• potassium

• Doxepin

• Nifedipine

• Verapamil

• Cardizem

• Procardia

• Teczem

• Mavik

ANSWERS

• Lotensin: antihypertensive

• potassium: treatment for potassium deficiency

• nifedipine: heart disease, calcium channel blocker

• verapamil: heart disease, calcium channel blocker

• Cardizem: heart disease, calcium channel blocker

• Procardia: heart disease, calcium channel blocker

• Teczem: ACE inhibitor, hypertension & heart failure

• Mavik: ACE inhibitor, hypertension & heart failure

Define the words below:1. Arrhythmia

2. Cardioverter

3. Arteriography

4. Fibrillation

5. Atherosclerosis

6. Bruit

7. Cardiomyopathy

8. Gallop

9. Hemiblock

10. Infarction

ANSWERS1. Arrhythmia: the variation from the normal

rhythm of the heartbeat

2. Cardioverter: a device used to administer electrical shocks to the heart

3. Arteriography: the radiographic visualization of an artery after injection of a contrast agent

4. Fibrillation: the rapid, irregular, uncoordinated contractions of muscle fibers

5. Atherosclerosis: the hardening of an artery due to deposits of plaque within the vessel

6. Bruit: a sound or murmur heard on auscultation

7. Cardiomyopathy: a disease process of the heart muscle

8. Gallop: a triple cadence to the heart sounds

9. Hemiblock: the failure to conduct an impulse down one division of the left bundle branch.

10. Infarction: the sudden insufficiency of arterial or venous blood supply

The End• Great job tonight!!

• Next week we’ll do some more metacognating!!

• Thanks for joining us. I hope you learned something to help you in your transcription career.

• See you next week! Same time—same place! Bye for now!