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Mary Ortiz
Question | Answer |
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Thromb/o | Blood Clot |
Ventricul/o | ventricle |
-sphyxia | Pulse |
-stenosis | narrowing,stricture |
extra- | outside |
tachy | rapid |
aneurysm/o | wide blood vessel |
angi/o | vessel |
vascul/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
anteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
atri/o | atrium |
ather/o | fatty plaque |
cardi/o | Heart |
electr/o | electricty |
embol/o | embolus |
hemangi/o | blood vessel |
my/o | muscle |
phleb/o | vein |
ven/o | vein |
Scler/o | hardenig, sclera |
sept/o | septum |
sphygm/o | pulse |
sten/o | narrowing, stricture |
infarct | Area of tissue that undergoes necrosis following cessation of blood supply |
MR | Mitral regurgiation |
aneurysm | Localized abnormal dialation of a vessel, usualy an artery |
arrest | condition of being stopped or bringing to a stop |
MRA | Magnetic Resonance Angiogram |
MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imagining |
bruit | soft blowing sound heard on ausculation, possible due to vibrations associated with the movement of blood, valvular action, or both, also called murmur |
catheter | thin flexable, hollow plastic tube that is small enough to be threaded through a vein, artery, or tubular structure |
Deep vein thrombosis(DVT) | Blood clot that forms in the deep viens of the body, especially those in the legs or thighs |
ejection fraction(EF) | calculation of how much blood a ventrical can eject with on contraction |
fibrillation | quivering or spotaneous muscle contractions, especially of the heart causing ineffectual contractions |
Coronary artery bypass graft | surgical procedure that uses a vessel graft from another part of the body to bypass the blocked part of a coronary artery and restore blood supply to the heart muscle |
Cardioversion | procedure to restore normal rhythm of the heart by applying a controlled electrical shock to the exterior of the chest |
Thallium Study | Records the uptake of the isotope with a gamma camera to produce a image |
Scintgraphy | Diognostic test that uses radiation emitted by the body after an injection of radioactive substances to create images of various organs of identify body functions and dieases |
Tetralogy of Fallot | Congenital anomaly consisting of four elements: 1. pulomary artery stenosis 2. interventricular septal defect 3. transposition of the aorta, so that both bentricles empty into the aorta |
Tetralogy of Fallot | 4. right ventricular hypertrophy caused by increased workload of the right ventricle |
CAD | Coronary Artery Disease |
CABG | Coronary Artery Bypass Graft |
CA | Cardiac Arrest |
BP, B/P | Blood Pressure |
BBB | Bundle-Branch Block |
ASHD | Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease |
HF | Heart Failure |
AF | Atrial Fibrillation |
HDL | High Density Lipotein |
AAA | Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm |
VT | Ventricular Tachycardia |
EF | Ejection Fraction |
SA,S-A | Sinoatrial |
ECHO | Echocardiogram or graphy |
PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary antioplasty |
PVC | Premature Ventricular Contraction |
ECG | Electrocardiogram or graphy |
NSR | Normal sinus rhythm |
MVP | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
MUGA | Multiple-grade acqusition |
MS | Mitral Stenosis |
MI | Myocardial Infarction |
Chol | Cholestrol |
LDL | Low-density lipoprotein |
CPR | Cardiopulmonary |
CV | Cardiovascular |
IV | Intravenous |
DOE | Dyspena on excertion |
HTN | Hypertension |
DVT | Deep vein Thrombosis |
CC | Cardiac Catherization |
angiotehsin-converting enzymes inhibitors | lower blood pressure by inhibiting the conversion of angiotensin |
antiarrhythmics | Prevent, alleviate, or correct cardiac arrhythmias by stabillizing the electrical conduction of the heart. |
diuretics | Act on kidneys to increase excertion of water and sodium. |
statins | lower cholesterol in the blood and reduce it production in the liver by blocking he enzyme that produces it. |