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cardiov
Mary Ortiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
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