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.

ANSWERS 1.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

ANSWERS 1.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!