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Heart Terminology
Terminology on the cardiovascular system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ABP | arterial blood pressure |
| ACLS | advanced cardiac life support |
| AED | automated external defibrillator |
| Afib | atrial fibrillator |
| AMI | acute myocardial infarction |
| ASCVD | arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease |
| ASD | atrial septal defect |
| ASHD | arteriosclerotic heart disease |
| AVD | aortic valve disease |
| AVR | aortic valve replacement |
| AVS | arteriovenous shunt(a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another) |
| BBB | bundle branch block |
| BCLS | basic cardiac life support |
| BP | blood pressure |