Arteriography

A test that is combined with cardiac catheterization to visualize an artery or the arterial system after injection of a contrast dye.

Arterial Line

Most ICU patients have an arterial line usually in the wrist. Arterial lines are connected to the monitor and show your blood pressure. It also allows us to take blood samples.

Antitachycardia Pacing [ATP]

Recognized as a way to pace-terminate certain types of arrhythmias, especially slow monomorphic VT involving a reentry circuit. The idea is to deliver a few seconds of pacing stimuli to the heart at a rate faster than tachycardia