Invasive Procedures

Question 1

Procedure in which the physician removes fluid from the pericardium

Answer 1

Pericardiocentesis

Question 2

Purposes for pericardiocentesis

Answer 2

1. Diagnostic purpose (type of fluid)

2. Therapeutic purposes (decrease pressure)

Question 3

What are the 3 different types of pericardial fluid?

Answer 3

Serous: straw coloured
Sero-sanguinous: pink
Sanguinous: bloody

Question 4

Which invasive procedure uses a fluoroscope?

Answer 4

Myocardial biopsy

Question 5

Where should samples be taken for a myocardial biopsy?

Answer 5

IVS, not the free wall, of the RT ventricle

Question 6

Most common need for a pacemaker?

Answer 6

Symptomatic bradycardia- heart beats too slowly to meet demands

Question 7

Where is the pacemaker battery unit usually placed?

Answer 7

Under the skin in the left upper chest

Question 8

Where is the pacer lead attached?

Answer 8

RV or RA