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Certification Review
Cardiovascular System--anatomy and terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| angi/o | vessel |
| ather/o | yellow plaque (fat) |
| brachi/o | arm |
| coron/o | heart |
| cyan/o | blue |
| myx/o | mucous |
| phelb/o | vein |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| thromb/o | clot |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | lack of |
| dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
| endo- | in or within |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| meta- | change, after |
| peri- | surrounding |
| tachy- | fast |
| -emia | blood |
| -lysis | destruction or separation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -stenosis | narrowing or blockage |
| ASD | atrial septal defect |
| ASHD | arteriosclerotic heart disease |
| AV | atrioventricular |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| CK | creatine kinase |
| CVI | cerebrovascular insufficiency |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| NSR | normal sinus rhythm |
| PST/PSVT | paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia |
| PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
| PVC | premature ventricular contraction |
| TEE | transesophageal echocardiography |
| anastomosis | surgical connection of two tubular structures, such as two pieces of the intestine |
| aneurysm | abnormal dilation of vessel, usually an artey |
| angina | spasmotic, choking, or suffocative pain |
| angioplasty | procedure in a vessel to dilate vessel opening |
| atherectomy | removal of plaque from an artery |
| auscultation | listening for sounds within the body |
| bypass | to go around |
| cardiopulmonary | refers to heart and lungs |
| cardiopulmonary bypass | blood bypasses heart through a heart-lung machine |
| circumflex | a coronary artery that circles the heart |
| cutdown | incision into a vessel for placement of a catheter |
| electrode | lead attached to a generator that carried electric current from the generator to atria or ventricles |
| electrophysiology | study of electrical system of heart, including study of arrhythmias |
| endarterectomy | incision into an artery to remove inner lining |
| epicardial | over heart |
| fistula | abnormal opening from one area to another area or to outside of the body |
| hemolysis | mass of blood that forms outside vessel |
| hypoxemia | low level of oxygen in blood |
| hypoxia | low levels of oxygen in tissue |
| invasive | entering the body, breaking the skin |
| noninvasive | not entering the body, not breaking the skin |
| pericardiocentesis | procedure in which a surgeon withdraws fluid from pericardial space by means of a needle inserted percutaneously |
| pericardium | membranous sac enclosing heart and ends of great vessels |
| Swan-Ganz catheter | a catheter that measure pressure in the right side of the heart and in pulmonary artery |
| transvenous | through a vein |
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