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Abbreviations
cardiovascular system
Term | Definition |
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acG | accelerator globulin |
AF | atrial fibrillation |
AMI | acute myocardial infarction |
AS | AORTIC STENOSIS |
ASCVD | ATERIOSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE |
ASD | ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT |
ASHD | ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE |
AV | ATRIOVENTRICULAR |
BP | BLOOD PRESSURE BPM BEATS PER MINUTE |
CABG | CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT |
CAD | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE |
cath | CATHETER |
CCU | CORONARY CARE UNIT |
CHD | CORONARY HEARD DISEASE |
CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
CO | CARDIAC OUTPUT |
CPK | CREATINE PHOSPHOKINASE |
CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
CVA | CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT |
CVD | CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE |
DIC | DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION |
DSA | DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY |
DVT | DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS |
ECG, EKG | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
ECHO | ECHOCARDIOGRAM |
ETT | EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST |
GOT | GLUTAMIC OXALOACETIC TRANSAMINASE |
HDL | HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN |
HR | HEART RATE |
LDH | LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE |
LDL | LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN |
LV | LEFT VENTRICLE |
LVH | LEFT VENTRICULAR HYPERTROPHY |
MI | MITRAL INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION |
MR | MITRAL REGURGITATION |
MS | MITRAL STENOSIS |
MUGA | MULTIPLE-GATED ACQUISITION SCAN |
MVP | MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE |
PAC | PREMATURE ATRIAL CONTRACTION |
PTCA | PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY |
PVC | PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION |
SA | SINOATRIAL |
SV | STROKE VOLUME |
TC | TOTAL CHOLESTEROL |
tPA, TPA | TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR |
VLDL | VERY LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN |
VSD | VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT |
VT | VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA |