Cardiac supplies

Cardiac supplies

Cardiac supplies are tools used for medical procedures relating to the heart.

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Septum

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

The muscular wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart.

Sick sinus syndrome

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

A term used to describe abnormalities of the S-A node, the heart's natural pacemaker. These abnormalities may result in slow, fast, and/or irregular heart rates or sinus arrest.

Silent heart attack

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

Episodes of heart damage by a blocked coronary artery, but is so subtle that is goes unnoticed. Silent heart attacks, or silent ischemia, can be detected by ECG and other lab techniques.

Open-heart surgery

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

Surgery performed on the opened heart while the bloodstream is diverted through a heart-lung machine to sustain normal oxygenation and circulation.

Over-the-wire (OTW) catheter

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

Balloon dilatation catheter that is delivered over a separate guide wire to position the catheter in a specific place.

Oxygenated

Medical devices; Cardiac supplies

Carrying oxygen with it. Blood that carries oxygen from the lungs to all body tissue is oxygenated blood.

An implantable system that includes a pulse generator (pacemaker) and one or two leads. The system delivers pacing pulses to the heart when the patient's own rate is too slow to pump enough blood to ...