| A | B |
|---|
| ACS - acute coronary syndrome | symptoms of myocardial ischemia |
| anemia | lack of hemoglobin or RBCs |
| aneurysm | weakeningand ballooning of artery |
| angina pectoris | chest pain due to ischemia |
| cardiac arrest | heart stops beating |
| cardiac tamonade | fluid or blood in pericardial sac that prevents heart from fillng |
| coarctation of aorta | congenital narrowing of aorta |
| congenital heart disease | heart disease present at birth |
| congestive heart failure | heart pump failure with fluid loss into tissues |
| coronary occlusion | blockage of coronary artery |
| deep vein thrombosis - DVT | thrombus formation in deeper larger vein |
| dysrhythmia | abnormal heart rhythm |
| embolus - emboli | foreign materia moving in blood stream |
| fibrillation | quivering uncoordinated pumping action of heart |
| hemochromatosis | disorder with too much iron that accumulates in tissue |
| hemophilia | to love blood - hemophiliac |
| hemorrhoid | varicose vein arund anus |
| Hodgkin's disease | malignancy of the lymph system |
| hypertensive heart disease - HHD | heart disease from high blood pressure |
| intermittent claudication | intermittent pain in legs with exercise that is relieved with rest |
| leukemia | malignant increase in immature WBCs |
| mitral valve stenosis | narrosing of the valve from scarring |
| myocardial infarction - MI | death of heart muscle from ischemia |
| peripheral artery disease - PAD | arterial disease away from heart |
| rheumatic heart disease | heart damage from rheumatic fever - strep infection |
| sickle cell anemia | inherited disease where stress causes RBCs to fold over or sickle |
| varicose veins - varicosities | distended / tortuous veins |
| cardiac pacemaker | device implanted to regulate slow heart rates |
| coronary artery bypass graft - CABG | using other vessels to bypass a blockage of coronary arteries |
| coronary stent | scaffoling device to hold open the coronary arteries |
| defibrillation | using electric shock to restore normal rhythm |
| implantable cardiac defibrillator | device that treats sudden ventricular fibrillation |
| mitral commissurotomy | procedure to open a narrowed mitral valve |
| percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasaty - PTCA | catheter with balloon used to open coronary arteries |
| digital subtraction angiography - DSA | x-rays that remove areas not being studied |
| Doppler ultrasound | uses ultrasound to detect movement of cells in vessels |
| exercise stress test | evaluating cardiac function during physical stress of exercise |
| single-photon emission computed tomography | CT scan using radioactive material to assess cardiac damage |
| Transesophageal echocardiogram - TEE | endoscopic ultrasound evaluation heart from esophagus |
| cardiac catheterization | placing a catheter through the vessesl to the heart to study function |
| impedence plethysmography | measuring resistance in blood flow in veins |
| sphygmomanometer | blood pressure cuff |
| stethoscope | instrument to listen to body sounds |
| coagulation time | time for blood for form clot |
| complete blood count - CBC | test for hematocrit, hemoglobin and white cell counts |
| hemoglobin | measuring hemoglobin to determine oxygen carrying ability of blood |
| prothrombi time - PT | test to measure coagulation |
| plasmapheresis | removal of plasma from blood |
| ausculatation | listening to body sounds |
| blood pressure | measuring pressure of blood on vessel walls |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation - CPR | artificial ventilation and cardiac compression |
| diastole | heart at rest |
| extravasation | excessive bleeding into tissue |
| heart murmur | sound of blood flowing back through valve |
| occlude | to block |
| percussion | tapping surface of body to determine density below |
| systole | heart pumping |
| venipuncture | puncture of vein with needle for aspirate or inject |
| dyscrasia | abnormal condition of blood |
