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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| CAD | coronary artery disease acronym |
| CHF | congestive heart failure acronym |
| MI | myocardial infarction(heart attack) acronym |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass grafting acronym |
| CPR | cardiopulmonary recitation acronym |
| BP | blood pressure abbreviation |
| HR | heart rate abbreviation |
| RR | respiratory rate abbreviation |
| SOB | shortness of breath. abbreviation |
| PRN | as needed abbreviation |
| parkinsons | neurological disorder that effect movement eponym |
| Alzheimers disease | a progressive disease that affects memory and thinking eponym |
| Raynaud phenomenon | a condition that causes blood vessels to narrow often in the fingers and toes eponym |
| Kawasaki disease | an illness that causes inflammation of blood vessels especially in the children eponym |
| tetraology of Fallot | a congenital heart condition involving four heart defects eponym |
| atrium | one of the two upper chambers of the heart. cardio vascular system term |
| ventricle | one of the two lower chambers of the heart cardio vascular system term |
| myocardium | the muscular tissue of the heart cardio vascular system term |
| artery | a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart cardio vascular system term |
| vein | a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart cardio vascular system term |