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Listen to my "heart beating"
Keeping it "short" and to the point
Testing 1-2-3
100
In sports, MVP has a very different meaning than in the health care setting. What does MVP stand for in the health setting?
What is mitral valve prolapse *Remember that the mitral valve is also known as the bicuspid valve and is located between the L atrium and L ventricle. *
100
What does Ca stand for?
What is calcium
100
Abbreviation for premature atrial contraction
What is PAC (can also mean port-a-cath at hospital depending upon context)
100
What does AAA stand for?
What is abdominal aortic aneurysm
100
What does the abbreviation PT stand for in a laboratory test context?
What is prothrombin time (hospital also uses abbreviation to mean physiotherapy in another context)
200
What is the abbreviation for cardiomyopathy?
What is CMP
200
What does CHD stand for?
What is coronary heart disease
200
What does the abbreviation MI stand for?
What is myocardial infarction
200
What does ACS stand for?
What is acute coronary syndrome
200
Abbreviation for pulse
What is P
300
What does ESR stand for?
What is erythrocyte sedimentation rate Mote that this test is commonly called sed rate
300
What does CBC stand for?
What is complete blood count
300
Abbreviation for premature ventricular contraction.
What is PVC
300
What does ABG stand for?
What is arterial blood gas
300
What does the abbreviation PTT stand for in a laboratory test context?
What is partial thromboplastin time
400
What does CVD stand for?
What is cardiovascular disease
400
What does CHF stand for?
What is congestive heart failure
400
V-tach (VT) can lead to V-fib. What does V-tach stand for?
What is ventricular tachycardia(note that the hospital uses both VT and V Tach as abbreviations)
400
What does BC stand for?
What is blood culture
400
What does the abbreviation INR mean in a laboratory test context?
What is international normalized ratio
500
What does the abbreviation fem-pop stand for?
What is femoral popliteal
500
What does CO stand for?
What is cardiac output (caution.. at hospital this can also stand for carbon monoxide depending upon context)
500
A lethal heart rhythm is V-fib. What does this abbreviation stand for?
What is ventricular fibrillation(note that the hospital uses VF to refer to both V fib and V flutter)
500
What does AMI stand for?
What is acute myocardial infarction
500
What does RBC stand for?
What is red blood cell (note that the hospital also uses rbc in addition to RBC)