| A | B |
|---|
| angio | vessel |
| aorto | aorta |
| arterio | artery |
| atrio | atrium |
| cardio or corono | heart |
| lympho | lymph |
| phlebo | vein |
| plasmo | plasm |
| spleno | spleen |
| thymo | thymus gland |
| valvo or valvulo | valve |
| ventriculo | ventricle |
| athero | yellowish, fatty plaque |
| echo | sound |
| electro | electricity, electrical activity |
| ischo | deficiency, blockage |
| thermo | heat |
| thrombo | clot |
| brady- | slow |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| -ac | pertaining to |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -crit | to separate |
| -odynia | pain |
| -penia | abnormal reduction in number |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| angiocarditis | inflammation of th blood vessels and heart |
| angioma | tumor composed of blood vessels |
| angiostenosis | narrowing of the blood vessel |
| atherosclerosis | hardening of the fatty plaque |
| bracycardia | condition of slow heart rate |
| cardiodynia | pain in the heart |
| cardiomegaly | enlargement of the heart |
| endocarditis | inflammatin of the inner lining of the heart |
| ischemia | deficiency of blood |
| thrombophlebitis | inflammation of a vein associated with a clot |
| hematoma | tumor of blood, mass of blood resulting from a broken blood vessel |
| thrombus | clot |
| splenomegaly | enlargement of the spleen |
| anemia | reduction in the amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cells |
| aneurysm | ballooning of a weakened portion of an arterial wall |
| angina pectoris | chest pain |
| cardiac arrest | sudden cessation of cardiac output |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| angioplasty | surgical repair of a blood vessel |
| angiorrhaphy | suturing of a blood vessel |
| atherectomy | excision of plaque froma blocked artery |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| coronary stent | a supportive scaffold device implanted in teh artery |
| embolectomy | excision of an embolus or clot |
| PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
| hemostasis | stoppage of bleeding |
| tachypnea | rapid breathing |
| thrombolysis | dissolution of clot |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
