Question | Answer |
ACLS | ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT |
AED | AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR |
AF, AFIB, AT FIB | ATRIAL FIBRILLATION |
AS | AORTIC STENOSIS, ARTERIOSCLEROSIS |
ASCVD | ARTERIOSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE |
ASD | ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT |
ASHD | ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE |
AV, A-V | ATRIOVENTRICULAR, ARTERIOVENOUS |
AVB | ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK |
AVD | AORTIC VALVE DISEASE |
AVR | AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT |
AVS | ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT |
BBB | BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
BCLS | BASIC CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT |
BP | BLOOD PRESSURE |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
cad | coronary artery disease |
CEA | CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY |
CHB | COMPLETE HEART BLOCK |
CHD | CONGENTIAL HEART DISEASE, CORONARY HEART DISEASE |
CO | CARDIAC OUTPUT |
CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
CV | CARDIOVASCULAR |
CVP | CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE |
DNR | DO NOT RESUSCITATE |
DVT | DEEP VEIN THRONBOSIS |
ECC | EMERGENCY CARDIAC CARE, EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION |
ECG, EKG | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
ECHO | ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY |
EF | EJECTION FRACTION |
EPS | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC STUDY |
HBP | HIGH BOOD PRESSURE |
HF | HEART FAILURE |
HR | HEART RATE |
HTN | HYPERTENSION |
IABP | INTRA-AORTIC BALLON PUMP |
ICD | IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATOR |
IV | INTRAVENOUS, INTRAVENTRICULAR |
LBBB | LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
LBP | LOW BLOOD PRESSURE |
MI | MYOCARDIAL INFRACTION |
MR | MITRAL REGURGATATION |
MS | MITRAL STENOSIS |
NSR | NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM |
P | PULSE |
PALS | PEDIATRIC ADVANCE LIFE SUPPORT |
PDA | PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOUSUS |
PPM | PERMANENT PACEMAKER |
PTCA | PERCUTANEUOS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY |
PVC | PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION |
PVD | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE |
RBBB | RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK |
S1, S2 | HEART SOUND (FIRST, SECOND) |
SBE | SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS |
SSS | SICK SINUS SYNDROME |
SVT | SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA |
VF, VFIB, VENT FIB | VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION |
VT, VTACH | VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA |