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Cardio and Blood

Term/AbbreviationDefinition
PTCA Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
MI myocardial infarction; mitral insufficiency
CHF Congestive heart failure
ASHD Arteriosclerotic heart disease
CABG Coronary artery bypass graft/grafting
HTN Hypertension (high blood pressure)
CAD Coronary artery disease
Thromboendarterectomy Surgical excision of a thrombus and the adjacent arterial lining
Arteriotomy the surgical incision of an artery
Angiogram x-ray image of blood vessels and heart chamber
Tachycardia relatively rapid heart
Dysrhythmia abnormal rhythm
Cyanosis bluish discoloration due to oxygenation of the blood
Angioplasty surgical repair of recanalization of blood vessel
Cardiomegaly enlargement of the heart
Thrombocytopoiesis production of platelets
Leukapheresis procedure used to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Pancytopenia deficiency of all three cellular components
Hemostasis stopping the flow of blood
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