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Thallium stress test
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Thallium stress test A study in which radioactive potassium is carried by the blood and the progress is followed by x-ray pictures.
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Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
X-ray
Electromagnetic energy used to produce images of bones and internal organs onto film.
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Thalassemia
An inherited disorder in which abnormal hemoglobin is formed; required repeated blood transfusions result in iron loading with especial impairment of functions of pituitary, heart and pancreas; prevalent in countries bordering the Mediterranean, in the Middle East, and in India and Southeast Asia.
Thalassemia trait
Thalassemia trait refers to Thalassemia minor, a form of anemia .
Thalassotherapy
The treatment of illness by sea air and sea water. It encompasses sea bathing, ocean voyaging, and sojourning at seaside resorts.
Thalidomide
A sedative and hypnotic drug first marketed in the 1950s before it was known to cause pregnant women to give birth to babies with either missing limbs (amelia) or phocomelia (seal-flipper deformity of arms and/or legs)
Thalitone
Thalitone is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): chlorthalidone.
Thallium
Thallium refers to a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
Thallium Exercise Stress Test (Stress thallium test, Perfusion scan)
A type of nuclear scanning technique that uses the radioactive substance thallium. A thallium stress test combines nuclear scanning with exercise on a treadmill or stationary bicycle to assess heart function and determine if there is adequate flood flow to the myocardium.
Thallous chloride tl 201
Thallous chloride tl 201 is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): thallous chloride, tl-201.
Thalomid
Thalomid is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): thalidomide.
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Tachypnea
Rapid breathing.
Telemetry unit
A small transmitter with wires that attach ECG patches to the chest that is used to send information about the heart via radio transmission to healthcare professionals for evaluation.
Temporal arteries
Vessels located over the temples on each side of the head, that supply blood to part of the head.
Tendinitis
An inflammation in a tendon or the tendon covering.
Tenesmus
Straining to have a bowel movement. May be painful and continue for a long time without result.
Thallium stress test
Thoracic
Pertaining to or affecting the chest.
Thrombolysis
The breaking up of a blood clot.
Thrombolytic therapy
A medication that dissolves blood clots.
Thrombosis
A blood clot formed in the blood vessel or in the heart.
Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA)
A medication used to dissolve blood clots.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Blood
The life-maintaining fluid which is made up of plasma, red blood cells (erythrocytes), white blood cells (leukocytes), and platelets; blood circulates through the body's heart, arteries, veins, and capillaries; it carries away waste matter and carbon dioxide, and brings nourishment, electrolytes, hormones, vitamins, antibodies, heat, and oxygen to the tissues.
X-ray
Electromagnetic energy used to produce images of bones and internal organs onto film.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Thalassemia
An inherited disorder in which abnormal hemoglobin is formed; required repeated blood transfusions result in iron loading with especial impairment of functions of pituitary, heart and pancreas; prevalent in countries bordering the Mediterranean, in the Middle East, and in India and Southeast Asia.
Thalassemia trait
Thalassemia trait refers to Thalassemia minor, a form of anemia .
Thalassotherapy
The treatment of illness by sea air and sea water. It encompasses sea bathing, ocean voyaging, and sojourning at seaside resorts.
Thalidomide
A sedative and hypnotic drug first marketed in the 1950s before it was known to cause pregnant women to give birth to babies with either missing limbs (amelia) or phocomelia (seal-flipper deformity of arms and/or legs)
Thalitone
Thalitone is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): chlorthalidone.
Thallium
Thallium refers to a soft grey malleable metallic element that resembles tin but discolors on exposure to air.
Thallium Exercise Stress Test (Stress thallium test, Perfusion scan)
A type of nuclear scanning technique that uses the radioactive substance thallium. A thallium stress test combines nuclear scanning with exercise on a treadmill or stationary bicycle to assess heart function and determine if there is adequate flood flow to the myocardium.
Thallous chloride tl 201
Thallous chloride tl 201 is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): thallous chloride, tl-201.
Thalomid
Thalomid is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): thalidomide.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Tachypnea
Rapid breathing.
Telemetry unit
A small transmitter with wires that attach ECG patches to the chest that is used to send information about the heart via radio transmission to healthcare professionals for evaluation.
Temporal arteries
Vessels located over the temples on each side of the head, that supply blood to part of the head.
Tendinitis
An inflammation in a tendon or the tendon covering.
Tenesmus
Straining to have a bowel movement. May be painful and continue for a long time without result.
Thallium stress test
Thoracic
Pertaining to or affecting the chest.
Thrombolysis
The breaking up of a blood clot.
Thrombolytic therapy
A medication that dissolves blood clots.
Thrombosis
A blood clot formed in the blood vessel or in the heart.
Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA)
A medication used to dissolve blood clots.
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