Cardiovascular System Abbreviation
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| ACS | CHEST PRESSURE DURING A HEART ATTACK
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| AMI | HEART ATTACK
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| BP | BLOOD PRESSURE
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| CABG | CREATION OF A NEW ROUTE AROUND A BLOCKED ARTERY
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| CCU | HOSPITAL OR CLINIC SPECIALIZED IN HEART DISEASE
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| CHF | WHEN TISSUES OF THE BODY DON'T GET THE BLOOD AND OXYGEN NEEDED
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| ECG OR EKG | ELECTRICAL RECORD OF THE MUSCLE ACTION OF THE HEART
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| HTN | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE OR HYPERTENSION
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| PCI | PLACEMENT OF A CATHETER AND STENT TO OPEN AN BLOCKED ARTERY
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| HDL | LIPOPROTEIN THAT CARRIES GOOD CHOLESTEROL
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| MVP | SAGGING OR PROLAPSE OR A LEFT-SIDED HEART VALVE
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| ACE Inhibitors | DRUG USED TO TREAT HYPERTENSION
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| AF | WHEN THE UPPER CHAMBER OF THE HEART BEATS IRREGULARLY; AN ARRHYTHMIA
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| DVT | CLOT IN A DEEP VEIN
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| ECHO | ULTRASOUND OF THE HEART
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| LVAD | A BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANT ASSIST DEVICE FOR HEART PUMP
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| ASD | CONGENITAL ANOMALY; HOLE IN THE WALL OF THE HEART
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| CTNI | PROTEIN RELEASED INTO THE BLOOD STREAM AFTER A HEART ATTACK
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| ETT-MIBI | TREADMILL TEST
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| PVC | VENTRICLE BEATS IRREGULARLY; AND ARRHYTHMIA
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| SSLP | PAIN UNDER THE BREASTBONE
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| ANGI/O | VESSEL
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| AORT/O | AORTA
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| ARTERI/O | ARTERY
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| ARTERIOL/O | ARTERIOLE
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| CARDI/O | HEART
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| CORON/O | HEART
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| PHLEB/O | HEART
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| VEN/O | VEIN
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| VENUL/O | VENULE
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| AED | AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
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| CAD | DISEASE OF A CORONARY ARTERY
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| CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
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| ICD | IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR
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| LDL | LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
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