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