Abbreviations
HF
What is heart failure?
Largest artery in the body.
What is the aorta?
Deficiency in blood.
What is ischemia?
Fluid circulated through the heart, arteries, capillaries, and veins.
What is blood?
Hemat/o
What is blood?
DVT
What is deep vein thrombosis?
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart.
What are veins?
Hardening of fatty plaque.
What is atherosclerosis?
Any disturbance or abnormality in the heart’s normal rhythmic pattern.
What is arrythmia?
Isch/o
What is deficiency, blockage?
PAD
What is peripheral artery disease?
Small, spherical bodies composed of lymphoid tissue.
What are lymph nodes?
Pertaining to the atrium and the ventricle.
What is atrioventricular?
Sudden cessation of cardiac output and effective circulation.
What is cardiac arrest?
Angi/o
What are vessel(s); blood vessel(s)?
AICD
What is automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator?
One of the primary lymphatic organs, it is located anterior to the ascending aorta and posterior to the sternum between the lungs.
What is the thymus gland?
Inflammation of the vein associated with a blood clot.
What is thrombophlebitis?
Device used for measuring blood pressure.
What is sphygmomanometer?
Thromb/o
What is a blood clot?
PTCA
What is percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty?
Consist of the tricuspid and mitral valves, which lie between the right atrium and the right ventricle and the left atrium and left ventricle, respectively. Valves of the heart keep blood flowing in one direction.
What are atrioventricular valves?
Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from the sac surrounding the heart.
What is pericardiocentesis?
Battery-powered apparatus implanted under the skin with leads placed on the heart or in the chamber of the heart used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm, usually one that is too slow, secondary to an abnormal sinus node
What is an artificial cardiac pacemaker?
Myel/o
What is bone marrow?