Term | Definition |
angi/o | vessel |
ather/o | yellow plaque (fat) |
brachi/o | arm |
coron/o | heart |
cyan/o | blue |
myx/o | mucous |
phelb/o | vein |
sphygm/o | pulse |
thromb/o | clot |
brady- | slow |
de- | lack of |
dys- | bad, difficult, painful |
endo- | in or within |
inter- | between |
intra- | within |
meta- | change, after |
peri- | surrounding |
tachy- | fast |
-emia | blood |
-lysis | destruction or separation |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal condition |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-sclerosis | hardening |
-stenosis | narrowing or blockage |
ASD | atrial septal defect |
ASHD | arteriosclerotic heart disease |
AV | atrioventricular |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
CHF | congestive heart failure |
CK | creatine kinase |
CVI | cerebrovascular insufficiency |
MI | myocardial infarction |
NSR | normal sinus rhythm |
PST/PSVT | paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia |
PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
PVC | premature ventricular contraction |
TEE | transesophageal echocardiography |
anastomosis | surgical connection of two tubular structures, such as two pieces of the intestine |
aneurysm | abnormal dilation of vessel, usually an artey |
angina | spasmotic, choking, or suffocative pain |
angioplasty | procedure in a vessel to dilate vessel opening |
atherectomy | removal of plaque from an artery |
auscultation | listening for sounds within the body |
bypass | to go around |
cardiopulmonary | refers to heart and lungs |
cardiopulmonary bypass | blood bypasses heart through a heart-lung machine |
circumflex | a coronary artery that circles the heart |
cutdown | incision into a vessel for placement of a catheter |
electrode | lead attached to a generator that carried electric current from the generator to atria or ventricles |
electrophysiology | study of electrical system of heart, including study of arrhythmias |
endarterectomy | incision into an artery to remove inner lining |
epicardial | over heart |
fistula | abnormal opening from one area to another area or to outside of the body |
hemolysis | mass of blood that forms outside vessel |
hypoxemia | low level of oxygen in blood |
hypoxia | low levels of oxygen in tissue |
invasive | entering the body, breaking the skin |
noninvasive | not entering the body, not breaking the skin |
pericardiocentesis | procedure in which a surgeon withdraws fluid from pericardial space by means of a needle inserted percutaneously |
pericardium | membranous sac enclosing heart and ends of great vessels |
Swan-Ganz catheter | a catheter that measure pressure in the right side of the heart and in pulmonary artery |
transvenous | through a vein |