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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MRI | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING |
| VT, V Tech | VENTRICULAR TACHYCADIA |
| VSD | VENTRICULAR SRPTAL DEFECT |
| MI | MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
| LDL | LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN |
| SA | SINOATRIAL |
| ICD | IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERSION DEFRILLATOR |
| HDL | HIGH-DNESITY LIPOPROTEIN |
| PVCs | PREMATURE VENTRICLUAR CONTRACTIONS |
| PTCA | PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY |
| PET | POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY |
| EKG | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
| ECHO | ECHOCARDIOGRAM |
| CVD | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE |
| DVT | DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS |
| ECG | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
| DOE | DYSPNEA ON EXTERION |
| MS | MITRAL STENOSIS |
| MVP | MITRAL VALVE PROPLAPSE |
| PACs | PREMATURE ATRIAL CONTRACTIONS |
| PDA | PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOUS |
| PAT | PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL TACHYCARIDA |
| CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
| Cath | CATHETERIXATION |
| CC | CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION |
| CCU | CORONARY CARE UNIT |
| CHD | CORONARY HEART DISEASE |
| CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
| CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
| CT (scan) or CAT scan | COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY (scan) |
| CABG | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT |
| BP | BLOOD PRESSURE |
| BBB | BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
| AV | ATRIOVENTRICULAR |
| ASHD | ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE |
| ASD | ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT |
| AS | AORTIC STENOSIS |
| AMI | ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCATION |
| WEAKNESS | lacking physical strength or vigor(energy) |
| vomiting | ejection through the mouth of the gastric content |
| tachycardia | abnormal rapidity of heart action, usually defined as a heart rate over 100 beats per minute |
| sweat | perspiration;the liqiud secreted by the sweat glands, having a salty taste |
| pallor | lack of color, paleness |
| palpitation | rapid, violent, or throbbing pulsation as an abnomrally rapid throbbing or fluttering of the heart, palpitation is felt by the patient |
| nausea | unpleasant sensation, usually preceding vomiting |
| headache | a diffues pain in different portions of the head and not confined to any nerve distrubtion area |
| fever | elevation of temperature above the normal |
| fatigue | a feeling of tiredness or weariness resulting from continued activity or as a side effect from some psychotropic drug |
| dyspnea | air hunger resulting in labored or difficult breathing, sometimes accompanied by pain(nomral when caused by vigrous work r athletic activity) |
| cyanosis | slightly bluish,grayish,slatelike or dark discoloration of the skin due to the presence or abnormal amounts of reduced hemoglobin in the blood |
| chest pain | a feeling if discomfort in the chest area |
| bradycardia | a slow heart rate characterized by a pulse rate under 60 beats per mintue |
| anxiety | a feeling of apprehension worry, uneasiness, or dread espically of the future |
| anorexia | lost of appetite |
| congestive heart failure | condition characterized by weakness, breathless abdominal discomfort |
| cardiomyopathy | is disease of the heart muscle itself,primarily affecting the pumping ability of the heart-noninflammatory disease of the heart results in enlargement of the heart and dysfunction of the ventricles of the heart |
| cardiac tamponade | comparssion of the heart caused by the accumulation of blood or other fluid within the pericardial sac(there is nomrally just enough fluid withiin this cavity to lubricate the area) |
| angina pectorsis | is severe pain and constriction about the heart usually raiating to theleftshoulder and down the left arm creating a feeling of pressure in the anterior chest |
| coronary artery disease | is the narrowing of the coronary arteries to teh extent that adequate blood supply to the myocardium is prevented |
| endocarditis | inflammation of the membrane lining of the valves and chambers of the heart caused by direct invasion of bacteria of other organisms and leading to deformity of the valve cups-abnormal growths called vegetations are formed on or within the membrane |
| hypertensive heart disease | is a result of long term hypertension - the heart is affected because it must work against increased resistance due to increased prssure in the arteries |
| mitral valve prolapse | is drooping of one of both cups of the mitral valve back into the left atrium during ventricular systole (when the heart is pumping blood)resulting in incomplete closure of the valve and mitral insufficiency |
| myocardial infarcation | heart attack;a condition caused by occlusion of one or more of the coronary arteries. life threatening condition results when myocardial tissue is destroyed in areas of the heart that are deprived of an adequate blood supply due to the occluded vessels |
| aneurysm | a localized dilatation of an artery formed at a weak point in the vessel wall, this weakened area balloons out with each pulsation of the artery |
| rheumatic fever | an inflammatory disease that may develop as a delayed reaction to insufficently treated group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infection of the upper respiratory tract |
| myocarditis | inflammation of the myocardium may be caused by viral or bacterial infections or may be a result of systemic diseases such as reheumatic fever |
| pericarditis | inflammantion of the pericardium (the sac like membrane that covers the heart muscle)it may be acute or chronic |
| arteriosclerosis | an arterial condition in which there is thicking, hardening, and loss of walls of arteries-resulting in decreased blood supply, espically to the lower extremities and cerebrum-this is called hardening of the arteries |
| hypertension | a condition in which the patient has a higher blood pressure than that judged to be normal-charcterized by elevated blood pressure persistently exceeding 130/85 mmHg'often asymptomatic |
| peripheral arterial occlusive disease | obstuction of the arteries in the extremities (predominantly the legs) the leading of this artherclerosis.which leads to narrowing of the lumen of the artery. |
| peripheral arterial occlusive disease | classic sympton- is intermittent claudicdication,which is a cramplike pain in the muscles brought on by excerise and relieved by rest |
| varicose veins | enlarged superficialveins;a twisted dilated vein with incomptent valves |
| thrombophlebitis | inflammation of a vein associated with the formation of a thrombus (clot)-usually occurs in an extending most frequently a leg |
| raynaud's phenomenon | intermittent attacks of vasconstriction of the arteries (causing pallor of the fingers or toes) followed by cyanosis and then reddness before returning to normal color;initiated by exposure to cold or emotional disturbance |
| tetralogy of fallot | a congential heart anomaly that consits of four defects;pulmonary stenosis;interventricular septal defect,dextroposition (shifting to the right)of the arota so that it recieves blood from both ventricles & hypertophy of the right ventricle |
| tetralogy of fallot | -named for the french physicain Etienne Fallot who first descirbed the condition |
| patent ductus arterisous | is an abnormal opening between the pulmponary artery and the artoa caused by afilure of the fetal ductus arterisous to close after birth -the defect is seen primariy in premature infants |
| coarctation of the aorta | congential heart defect characterized by a locaized narrowing of the aorta,which results in increased blood pressure in the upper extremities and decreased blood pressure in the lower extremities |
| venous insufficiency | an abnormal circulatory condition characterized by decreased return of venous blood from the legs to the trunk of the body |
| atrial flutter | condition in which the contraction of the atria become extremely rpaid,at the rate of between 250 and 350 beats per mintue |
| transpostron of the great vessels | a condition in which the two major arteries of the heart are reversed in position, which results in two noncommunicating circulatory systems |
| ventricaluar tachycarida | is a condition in which the ventriclesof the heart beat at a rate greater than 100 beats pe mintue; characterized by three or more consecutive premature ventricular contractions-also known as V0Tech (VT) |
| caridac enzymes test | are preformed on samples of blood obtained by venipunture to determine the presence of damage to the myocaridal muscle |
| cardiac catheterization | a diagnostic procure in which a catheter (a hollow flexible tube) is introsuced into a large vein or artery (usually of an arm or a leg)& then thread through the circulatory system to the heart |
| angiography | x-ray visualization of the internal anatomy of the heart and blood vessels after introducing a radiopaque substance (contrast medium)that promotes the imaging (makes them visbile) of internal structures that are otherwise diffuclt to see on x-ray film |
| angiography | -this substance is injected into an artery or a vein |
| heart block (av) | heart block is an interference with the normal conduction of electric impluses that control activity of the heart muscle |
| fibrillation (atrial/ventricluar) | is extremely rapid,incomplete contractions of the atria resulting in disorganized and uncoordinadted twitching of the atria |
| holter monitoring | a small portable monitoring device that makes prolonged ectecroardiograph recordings on a portable tape recorder |
| excerise sress testing | a means of assesing cardiac function by subjecting the patient to carefully controlled amounts of physical stress-0ex treadmill |
| event montior | is similar to the holter monitor in that it also records the eclectrical activity of the heart while the patinet goes about usual daily activities |
| thaallium stress test | one of several nuclear stress tests-is a combination of exercise stress testing with thallium imaging to assess changes in coronary blood flow during exercise |
| serum lipid test | measures the amount of fatty substances in a sample of blood obtained by venipunture |
| positron emission tomography (pet) | a computerized x-ray techinque that uses radioactive substances to examine the blood flow and the metabolic activity of various body structures such as the heart and blood vessels |
| magnetic resonance imaging(mri) | invloves the use of a strong magnetic filed and radiofrequency waves to produce imaging that is valuable in producing images of the reart,large blood vessels,brain and sfot tissue |
| implantable cardioverter defibrillator | is a small lightweight electronic device placed under the skin or muscle in either the chest or abdomen to mointor the heart's rhytm |
| holter monitoring | a small portable monitoring device that makes prolonged electrocardiograph recordings on a portable tape recorder |
| excerise stress reading | a means of assessing cardiac function by subjecting the patient to carefully controlled amounts of physical stress-ex.treadmill |
| event monitor | records the electrical activity of the heart while the patient goes about usual daily activities-can be used longer than the holter monitor |
| electrocardiogram | is a graphic record (visual representation)the electrical action of the heart as reflected from various angles to the surface of the skin-known as EKG or ECG |
| cat computed axial tomography | is a diagnostic x-ray technique that uses ionizing radiation to produce a cross sectional image of the body |
| echocardiography | is a diagnostic procedure for studying the structure and motion of the heart-useful in evaluating structural and functional changes in a variety of heart disorders |
| cardiac enzymes test | are performed on samples of blood obtained by venipuncture to determine the presence of damage to the myocardial muscle |
| cardiac catheterization | a diagnostic procedure in which a catheter (a hollow flexible tube) is introduced into a large vein or artery -usually of an arm or a leg-& then threaded through the circulatory system to the heart |
| angiography | x-ray visualization of the internal anatomy of the heart and blood vessels after introducing a radiopaque substance (contrast medium) that promotes the imaging (makes them visible) of internal structures that are otherwise difficult to see on x-ray film |
| ventricular tachycardia | is a condition in which the ventricles of the heart beat at a rate greater than 100 beats per minute;characterized by 3 or more consecutive premature ventricular contractions (PVCs)-also known as v-tech-vt |
| heart block (AV) | is an introduced with the normal condition of electric impulses that control activity of the heart muscle |
| fibrillation (atrial/ventricular) | is extremely rapid incomplete contractions of the atria resulting in disorganized and uncoordinated twitching of the atria |
| atrial flutter | condition in which the contractions of the atria become extremely rapid,at the rate of between 250 and 350 beats per minute |
| transposition of the great vessels | a condition in which the two major arteries of the heart are reversed in position which results in two noncommunicating circulatory systems |
| tetraolgy of fallot | a congenital heart anomaly that consists of 4 defects;pulmonary stenosis,intreventricular septal,dextropostition-shifting to the right-of the aorta so that it receives blood from both ventricles,& hypertrophy of the right ventricle- |
| tetraolgy of fallot | named for the french etinne fallot-who first described the condition |
| patent ductus arteriosus | is an abnormal opening between the pulmonary artery and the aorta caused by failure of the fetal ductus arteriosous to close after birth-defect primarily in premature infants |
| coarctation of the aorta | a congenital heart defect characterized by a localized narrowing of the aorta,which results in increased blood pressure in the upper extremities & decreased blood pressure in the lower extremities |
| venous insufficiency | an abnormal circulatory condition characterized by decreased return of venous blood from the legs to the trunk of the body |
| varicose veins | enlarged, superficial veins-a twisted dilated vein with incompetent valves |
| thrombophlebitis | inflammation of a vein associated with the formation of a thrombus(clot)-usually occurs in an extremity most frequently a leg |
| raynauds phenomenon | intermittent attacks of vasconstriction of the arteries-causing pallor of the fingers or toes-followed by cyanosis and then redness before returning to normal color,initiated by exposure to cold or emotional disturbance |
| peripheral arterial occulusive disease | obstruction of the arteries in the extremities-predominantly the legs-the leading cause of this disease is atherosclerosis |
| hypertension | a condition in which the patient has a higher blood pressure than that judged to be normal-characterized by elevated blood pressure persistently exceeding 130/85 mmhg -often oftern asyptomatic |
| arteriosclerosis | an arterial condition in which there is thickening hardening and loss of elasticity of walls of arteries-resulting in decreased blood supply,espically to the lower extremities and cerebrum -also called hardening of the arteries |
| pericarditis | inflammation of the pericardium (the saclike membrane that covers the heart muscle)it may be acute or chronic |
| myocarditis | inflammation of the myocardium may be caused by viral or bacterial infections or may be a result of systemic diseases such as rheumatic fever-this may also be caused by fungal infections,serum sickness or a chemical agent |
| aneursym | a localized dilatation of an artery formed at a weak point in the vessel wall-this weakened area balloons out with each pulsation of the artery |
| rheumatic fever | an inflammatory disease that may develop as a delayed reaction to insufficiently group A beta-hemolytic treptococcal infection of the upper respiratory tract |
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