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Ch 8B
Med Term
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AAA | abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| ACE | angiotensin-converting enzyme (inhibitor) |
| AED | automated external defibrillator |
| AICD | automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator |
| ARB | angiotensin receptor blocker |
| AV | atrioventricular; arteriovenous |
| BP | blood pressure |
| CA | cancer, cardiac arrest, chronological age |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| CC | cardiac catheterization |
| CK | creatine kinase, conductive keratoplasty |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| CV | cardiovascular |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis, deep venous thrombosis |
| ECG, EKG | electrocardiogram, electrocardiography |
| HTN | hypertension |
| ICD | implantable cardioverter-defribillator |
| LA | left-atrium |
| LC | left ventrical |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| MPI | myocardial perfusion imaging |
| MRA | magnetic resonance angiogram, magnetic resonance angiograph |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| MUGA scan | multiple-gated acquisition scan |
| MVP | mitral valve prolapse |
| O2 | oxygen |
| PAD | peripheral artery disease |
| PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary |
| RA | right atrium |
| RHD | rheumatic heart disease |
| RV | residual volume; right ventricle |
| SA, S-A | sinoatrial |
| EPS | electrophysiology studies |
| HF | heart failure |
| Hg | mercury |
| SPECT | single photon emission computed tomography |
| US | ultrasound |
| aneurysm | widened blood vessel |
| Angi/o | vessel |
| angioplasty | surgical repair of a vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| vasculitis | inflammation of vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| aortostenosis | narrowing of the aorta |
| arterio | artery |
| arteriol | arteriole |
| arteriorrhexis | artery rupture |
| arteriolitis | inflammation of the arterioles |
| atri | atrium |
| atriomegaly | enlargement of the atrium |
| ather | fatty plaque |
| atheroma | fatty plaque tumor |
| cardio | heart |
| cardiomegaly | enlargement of the heart |
| coron/o | heart |
| coronary | pertaining to the heart |
| electro/ | electricity |
| elecgtrocardiogram | recording of electricity in the heart |
| embol/o | embolus (plug) |
| embolectomy | excision of a plug |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardial | pertaining to muscles in the heart |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hemangioma | tumor in the blood vessel |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phlebectasis | dilation of the vein |
| ven/o | vein |
| venostais | abnormally slow blood flow in the veins |
| scler/o | hardening |
| arteriosclerosis | abnormal condition of the arteries |
| sept/o | septum |
| septostomy | forming an opening in the septum |
| sphygmoid | resembling a pulse |
| sphygm | pulse |
| sten/o | narrowing, stricture |
| stenotic | pertaining to narrowing, stricture |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| thrombolysis | destruction or loosening of a blood clot |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul | valve |
| valvotomy | incision into a valve |
| valvuloplasty | surgical repair of a valve |
| ventricul | ventricle |
| ventricular | pertaining to the ventricle |
| cardia | heart condition |
| tachycardia | rapid heart beat |
| stenosis | narrowing stiture |
| aortostenosis | narrowing into the stenosis |
| brady | slow |
| bradycardia | slow heartrate |
| endo | within |
| endovascular | pertaining to inside a vessel |
| extra- | outside |
| extravascular | pertaining to outside a vessel |
| peri | around |
| pericardial | pertaining to around the heart |
| trans | across |
| transseptal | pertaining to across the septum |
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