| A | B |
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| annuuloplasty | surgical repair of the mitral valve leaflets and their fibrous ring |
| cardiac index | calculation that reflects the cardiac output in relation to a particular client's body size |
| cardioplegia | intentional stopping of the heart for a surgical procedure |
| cardiopulmonary bypass | technique in which blood is mechanically circulated and oxygenated outside the body |
| central venous pressure | pressure produced by venous blood in the right atrium |
| commissurotomy | surgical procedure in which adhesions are opened in the cardiac valve cusps |
| coronary artery bypass | surgical procedure that improves myocardial oxygenation by bypassing or detouring around the occluded portion of one or more coronary arteries with a relocated blood vessel from a healthy leg vein or chest artery |
| embolectomy | surgical removal of an embolus |
| endarterectomy | surgical removal of the atherosclerotic plaque lining an artery |
| extracorporeal circulation | technique in which blood is mechanically circulated and oxygenated outside the body |
| left ventricular end-diastolic pressure | retrograde pressure from the fluid on the left side of the heart at the end of left ventricular diastole |
| myocardial revascularization | surgical procedure taht improves the delivery of oxygenated blood to the myocardium by using one or more coronary artery bypass grafts |
| nomogram | chart that calculates body surface area based on height and weight |
| pulmonary capillary wedge pressure | retrograde pressure from the fluid on the left side of the heart at the end of left ventricular diastole |
| thrombectomy | surgical removal of a thrombus (clot) |
| valvuloplasty | surgical procedure in which an incompetent cardiac valve is repaired |
