EKG essential vocabulary
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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AF | Atrial fibrilation
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NPo | Nothing by mouth
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NSR | normal sinus rhythm
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Axillary | armpit
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RBBB | right bundle branch block
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LAD | left axis deviation
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CCU | Coronary care unit, critical care unit.
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OR | Operating room
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Dyspnea | difficult or labored breathing.
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TPR | temperature, pulse, respiration.
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CAD | Cornonary Artery Disease
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SOB | shortness of breath
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angina | chest pain
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Hypothermia | slow or low body temperature.
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Myocardial Infarction | a heart attack, the death of muscle caused by complete blockage of coronary arteries.
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VT | ventricular tachycardia
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CPR | Cardiopulmonary resucitation
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ABP | arterial blood pressure
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palpitation | an unusually or abnormally rapid or violent beating of the heart.
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-itis | Inflammation
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phlebo | vein
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pneumo | lungs
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syncope | loss of consciousness resulting from insufficient blood to the brain. Loss of consciousnes caused by sudden fall of blood pressure or cardiac systole. also failure in anemia.
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Arteriostenosis | narrowing of the arteries
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Arrhythmia | abnormal heart rhythm, dysrhythmia.
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Anticoagulant | prevents from clotting
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paroxysmal | just occurs and dissappears
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Stenosis | narrowing condition
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