Combining Forms
steth/o
chest
-cardia
heart condition
lower pumping chambers
ventricles
hypotension
insufficient pressure
condition of fast heart
tachycardia
valv/o
valve
-ole
small
upper filling chambers
atria
atheroma
fatty mass
process of recording electrical activity of the heart
electrocardiography
sept/o
wall
-tension
pressure
the right atrioventricular valve
Tricuspid Valve
arteriorrhexis
artery rupture
pertain to a vein
venous
isch/o
to hold back
-spasm
involuntary muscle contraction
left atrioventricular valve
Mitral Valve
polyarteritis
inflammation of many arteries
pertaining to between the ventricles
interventricular
thromb/o
blood clot
-pressor
to press down
the vessel that leaves the right ventricle
pulmonary artery
angiogram
record of blood vessel
pertaining to outside the body
extracorporeal