Cardiovascular Abbreviations & Roots
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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 | vein
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| ven/o | vein
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| venul/o | venule
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| ACS | Acute coronary syndromes
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| AMI | Acute mycardial infarction (heart attack)
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| BP | blood pressure
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| CABG | coronary artery bypass grafting
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| CCU | coronary care unit
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| CHF | congestive heart failure
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| ECG or EKG | electrocardiogram; electrical record of the muscle action of the heart
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| HTN | hypertension; high blood pressure
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| PCI | percutaneous coronary intervention (placement of a catheter and stent to open the artery)
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| HDL | lipoprotein carrying 'good' cholesterol (high density lipoprotein)
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| MVP | sagging or prolapse of a left-sided heart valve (mitral valve prolapse)
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| ACE inhibitors | one class of drugs used to treat hypertension
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| AF | an arrhythmia; upper chamber of heart beats irregularly (atrial fibrillation)
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| DVT | clot in a deep vein (deep vein thrombosis)
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| ECHO | ultrasound record of the heart
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| LVAD | a bridge to transplant assist device for heart pump (left ventricular assistive device)
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| ASD | congenital anomaly; hole in the wall of the heart (atrial-septal defect)
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| CTNI | protein released into blood after heart attack
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| ETT-MIBI | treadmill test with radioactive tracer (exercise tolerance test
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| PVC | an arrhythmia; ventricle beats irregularly (premature ventricular contraction)
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| SSLP | pain under the breastbone (substernal
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| AED | automated external defibrillator
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| CAD | coronary artery disease
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| ICD | implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
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| LDL | Low-density lipoprotein ('bad' cholesterol)
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