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- 12-lead electrocardiogram - leads I, II, III, aVR, aVL, aVF, V1 through V6
- 99mTc sestamibi
- aberrant conduction
- accidental murmur
- adenosine
- algorithm
- amaurosis fugax
- amiodarone
- aneurysm
- aneurysmectomy
- angina pectoris
- angiocardiography
- angiogram
- angiography
- angioplasty
- anterolateral
- aorta
- aortic septal defect
- aortic stenosis
- arrhythmia
- arterial anastomosis
- arterial hypertension
- arteriography
- arteriole
- arteriosclerosis
- arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)
- arteriosclerotic heart disease (ASHD)
- ASCVD (arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease)
- ASD (atrial septal defect)
- ASHD (arteriosclerotic heart disease)
- asystole
- atherosclerosis
- ATRAC-II double balloon catheter
- ATRAC multipurpose balloon catheter
- atria
- atrial
- atrial fibrillation
- atrial septal defect (ASD)
- atrial tachycardia
- atrioventricular block (A-V block)
- atrioventricular node
- atrioventricular nodal tachycardia
- atrium (atria)
- A-V block (atrioventricular block)
- A-V nodal reentry tachycardia
- BAROCCO (Balloon Angioplasty Versus Rotacs for Total Chronic Coronary Occlusion)
- beta blocker
- bifascicular block
- bifurcation
- brachial artery
- bradycardia
- brady down
- Bruce protocol
- Brugada syndrome
- bruit
- bulldog clamp
- bundle branch block
- bundle of His
- CABG (coronary artery bypass graft)
- calcium channel blocker
- capillary
- carbon dioxide
- cardiac arrest
- cardiac catheterization
- cardiac enzymes
- cardiac scan
- Cardiolite
- cardiomegaly
- cardiomyopathy
- cardioversion
- carotid bruit
- CK (creatine kinase)
- CK-MB (creatine kinase-muscle band)
- claudication
- click
- coarctation of the aorta
- concomitant
- congenital heart disease
- congestive heart disease
- congestive heart failure (CHF)
- coronary angioplasty
- coronary arteries
- coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
- coronary artery disease
- coronary bypass surgery
- coronary steal syndrome
- CPK (creatine phosphokinase)
- CPK-MB (creatine phosphokinase of muscle band)
- creatine kinase (CK)
- creatine phosphokinase (CPK)
- crescendo-decrescendo
- CVI (cerebrovascular insufficiency)
- cyanosis
- deoxygenated blood
- diastole
- diastolic murmur
- digital subtraction
- digitalis
- digoxin
- dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE)
- Doppler ultrasound flowmeter
- downward sloping
- DSE (dobutamine stress echocardiography)
- ECG (electrocardiogram)
- echocardiography
- ejection murmur
- electrical axis
- electrocardiogram
- electrocardiography
- electromagnetic flowmeter
- emboli
- embolus (emboli)
- endarterectomy
- endocarditis
- endocardium
- extracorporeal circulation
- fibrillation
- flutter
- fusion beats
- gallium scan
- gallop
- gated blood-pool study (GBPS)
- Gelfoam
- global hypokinesis
- globoid heart
- Gowers contraction
- Groshong catheter
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- harsh systolic murmur
- HCVD (hypertensive cardiovascular disease)
- heave
- Heberden nodes
- hemiblock
- hemorrhoids
- holosystolic murmur
- Holter monitor
- hypercholesterolemia
- hypertension
- hypertensive cardiovascular disease (HCVD)
- hypotension
- hypoxia
- infarction
- inferior lead
- injury pattern
- interatrial septum
- interval
- interventricular septum
- ischemia
- joule (sounds like "jewel")
- LBBB (left bundle branch block)
- left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)
- LGL (Lown-Ganong-Levine) syndrome
- LGLS (Lown-Ganong-Levin syndrome)
- lipid tests
- lipoprotein electrophoresis
- Lown-Ganong-Levine (LGL) syndrome
- LVH (left ventricular hypertrophy)
- MB fraction
- MI (myocardial infarction)
- MI (mitral insufficiency)
- MIDCAB (minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass)
- mitral insufficiency (MI)
- mitral regurgitation
- mitral stenosis
- mitral valve
- mitral valve prolapse
- mitral valvulitis
- Mobitz type (I, II) heart block
- multivessel
- murmur
- myocardial infarction (MI)
- myocardium
- necrosis
- nitroglycerin
- nitroglycerin paste (not nitropaste)
- normal sinus rhythm (NSR)
- NSR (normal sinus rhythm)
- occlusive vascular disease
- PAC (premature atrial contraction)
- pacemaker
- palpitations
- paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT)
- paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT or PST)
- PAT (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia)
- patent ductus arteriosus
- percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
- pericardial tamponade
- pericarditis
- pericarditis-myocarditis syndrome
- pericardium
- Persantine stress test
- Persantine thallium stress test
- petechiae
- phlebitis
- phlebotomy
- porcine prosthetic valve
- precordium
- premature atrial contraction (PAC)
- premature ventricular contraction (PVC)
- P-R interval
- PST (paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia)
- PSVT (paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia)
- PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty)
- prosthetic click
- PVC (premature ventricular contraction)
- PVC (pulmonary venous congestion)
- QRS alternans, changes, complex, interval, vector
- QRS-ST junction
- QRS-T changes
- QRST interval
- Q-T interval
- quadrigeminy
- quinidine
- Q wave
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- RBBB (right bundle branch block)
- regurgitation
- rheumatic heart disease
- right bundle branch block (RBBB)
- right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH)
- ROMI (rule out myocardial infarction)
- rub
- rule out myocardial infarction (ROMI)
- RVH (right ventricular hypertrophy)
- R wave
- septa
- septal defect
- septum
- sestamibi
- sick sinus syndrome
- sinoatrial node
- sinus bradycardia
- sinus node dysfunction
- sinus tachycardia
- situs solitus
- snowman heart
- sphygmomanometer
- ST depression, elevation, segment changes, segment depression, segment elevation
- ST-T wave
- steal (not steel) syndrome
- stethoscope
- stress test - exercise, Persantine, sestamibi, thallium, treadmill
- supraventricular
- supraventricular tachycardia
- SVT (supraventricular tachycardia)
- SynerGraft pulmonary heart valve
- systemic circulation
- systole
- systolic ejection murmur
- systolic whoop
- tachybrady
- tachycardia
- tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome
- tachydysrhythmia
- TEE (transesophageal echocardiography)
- tetralogy of Fallot
- thrill
- thrombolytic therapy
- thrombotic occlusion
- t-PA (tissue plasminogen activator)
- transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)
- treadmill stress test (TST)
- tricuspid regurgitation
- tricuspid valve
- trifascicular disease
- troponin I
- troponin level
- troponin T
- TST (treadmill stress test)
- T wave
- valvectomy
- valvotomy
- valvuloplasty
- varicose veins
- Vas-Cath catheter
- vascular
- vascular insult
- vascular markings
- vasculitis
- vasoconstriction
- vasodilation
- vegetation
- vein
- vena cava
- venae cavae
- venous
- ventricle
- ventricular
- ventriculotomy
- venule
- waveform
- Wenckebach phenomenon
- white-coat hypertension
- Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome
- WPW (Wolff-Parkinson-White) syndrome
- xenograft
