ABBREVIATIONS
AAA
What is abdominal aortic aneurysm?
LIPITOR
WHAT IS A STATIN DRUG THAT LOWERS CHOLESTEROL IN THE BLOOD ?
BRUIT
WHAT IS A SOFT, BLOWING SOUND HEARD ON AUSCULTATION?
ARRHYTHMIA
WHAT IS AN IRREGULARITY IN THE RATE OR RHYTHM OF THE HEART?
ALSO DYSRHYTHMIA
BLOCKAGE OF A VESSEL
WHAT IS AN OCCLUSION?
ABBREVIATION of coronary artery bypass graft
What is CABG?
WARFARIN
WHAT DRUG IS A TYPE OF ANTICOAGULANT THAT INHIBITS CLOTTING IN THE BLOOD?
HEART FAILURE (HF)
WHAT DIORDER OCCURS WHEN THE HEART IS UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY PUMP THE QUANTITY OF BLOOD REQUIRED BY THE BODY?
CARDIAC ABLATION
WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE IN WHICH A CATHETER IS INSERTED THROUGH A VEIN AND THREADED TO THE HEART TO CORRECT STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS THAT CAUSE AN ARRHYTHMIA?
PASSAGE OF A BALLOON CATHETER THROUGH THE LUMEN OF AN OCCLUDED CORONARY VESSELIN ORDER TO COMPRESS PLAQUE
WHAT IS AN ANGIOPLASTY?
ICD
WHAT IS THE ABBREVIATION INMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR?
COUMADIN
WHAT DRUG'S GENERIC NAME IS WARFARIN, A TYPE OF ANTICOAGULANT THAT INHIBITS CLOTTING IN THE BLOOD AND
HYPERTENSION
WHAT IS BLOOD PRESSURE PERSISTENTLY HIGHER THAN 140/90?
CARDIOCENTESIS
WHAT IS A SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT INVOLVES PUNCTURING THE HEART FOR DIAGNOSTIC OR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES?
CORONARY ARTERIES
WHAT VESSELS SUPPLY BLOOD FLOW TO THE MYOCARDIUM? HEART
AED
WHAT IS THE ABBREVIATION FOR AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFRIBILLATOR?
FUROSEMIDE
WHAT DRUG IS A DIURETIC THAT ACTS ON THE KIDNEYS TO INCREASE EXCRETION OF WATER AND SODIUM?
CARDIOMYOPATHY
WHAT DISEASE STATE OR WEAKENING OF THE HEART MUSCLE THAT DIMINISHES CARDIAC FUNCTION?
ANGIOGRAM
WHAT IS THE RECORD OF A RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE OF INSIDE OF A BLOOD VESSEL AFTER INJECTION OF A CONTRAST MEDIUM?
VENOUS VALVES
WHAT VALVES PREVENT BACKFLOW IN A VEIN?
PTCA
WHAT IS THE ABBREVIATION FOR PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY?
LASIX
WHAT IS THE TRADE NAME OF FUROSEMIDE?
DIURETIC
FIBRILLATION
WHAT IS ABNORMALLY RAPID, UNCOORDINATED QUIVERING OF THE MYOCARDIUM THAT CAN AFFECT THE ATRIA OR THE VENTRICLE?
PHLEBITIS
WHAT IS INFLAMATION OF A DEEP OR SUPERFICIAL VEIN?
EMBOLISM
WHAT DO WE CALL AN INTRAVASCULAR MASS THAT DISLODGES FROM ONE PART OF THE BODY AND CAUSES A BLOCKAGE IN ANOTHER AREA, COMMONLY LEADING TO A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION?