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Cardiovascular Terms

• 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