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| A-11 and A-2 catheters |
| aberrant conduction ablation |
| active fixation AH interval |
| amaurosis fugax |
| AMUS protocol |
| aneurysm |
| aneurysmectomy |
| angina pectoris |
| angiocardiography |
| angiogram |
| angiography |
| Angiojet |
| angioplasty |
| Angio-Seal |
| AngioStent |
| 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 |
| atria |
| atrial |
| atrial fibrillation |
| atrial septal defect (ASD) |
| atrioventricular block (A-V block) |
| atrioventricular node |
| atrium (atria) |
| auscultation |
| A-V block (atrioventricular block) |
| AVE-GFX stent |
| bare-metal stent |
| beta blocker |
| bifascicular block |
| Biotronik |
| BiodivYsio |
biplane |
| BMW-balanced middleweight |
| brachial artery |
| bradyarrhythmia |
| bradycardia |
| Brockenbrough sign |
| Bruce protocol |
| Brugada syndrome |
| Bruit |
| bundle branch block |
| bundle of His |
| bur |
| CABG (coronary artery bypass graft) |
| calcium channel blocker |
| capillary |
| capture threshold |
| carbon dioxide |
| cardiac arrest |
| cardiac catheterization |
| cardiac enzymes |
| cardiac scan |
| Cardiolite |
| cardiomegaly |
| cardiomyopathy |
| cardioversion |
| Carey-Coombs |
| carotid bruit |
| CK (creatine kinase) |
| CK-MB (creatine kinase-muscle band) |
| claudication |
| click |
| Closure suture device |
| coarctation of the aorta |
| cobalt chromium concentric |
| 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 |
| cor triatriatum |
| CPK (creatine phosphokinase) |
| CPK-MB (creatine phosphokinase of muscle band) |
| creatine kinase (CK) |
| creatine phosphokinase (CPK) |
| crista terminalis |
| CSNRT (corrected sinus node recovery time) |
| CVI (cerebrovascular insufficiency) |
| cyanosis decapolar decremental |
| deoxygenated blood DFT (defibrillatory threshold) diaphragmatic stimulation |
| diastole |
| diastolic murmur |
| digital subtraction |
| digitalis |
| digoxin |
| dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) |
| Doppler ultrasound flowmeter |
| downward sloping |
| DSE (dobutamine stress echocardiography) drive train |
| ECG (electrocardiogram) |
| echocardiography |
| electrical axis |
| electrical stimulation |
| electrocardiogram leads I, II, III, aVR, aVL, aVF, V1 through V6 |
| electrocardiography |
| electromagnetic flowmeter |
| emboli |
| embolus (emboli) |
| endarterectomy |
| end-hole catheter |
| endocarditis |
| endocardium ERP (effective refractory period) |
| Excimer laser |
| extracorporeal circulation extrastimulation |
| Fallot's tetralogy |
| fibrillation |
| Fick |
| flutter |
| fusion beats |
| gallop |
| harsh systolic murmur |
| Hasselbach equation |
| HCVD (hypertensive cardiovascular disease) |
Hemaquet |
hemiblock |
| His bundle (position) |
| holosystolic murmur |
| Holter monitor |
| HUTT (head up tilt table testing) HV interval |
| hypnagogic hypersynchrony |
| hypercholesterolemia |
| hypertension |
| hypertensive cardiovascular disease (HCVD) |
| hypotension |
| hypoxia |
| impedance |
| infarction |
| inferior lead infra-Hisian |
| injury pattern |
| interatrial septum |
| interval |
| interventricular septum |
| Iohexol |
| Inoue balloon catheter |
| Integrilin |
| ischemia |
| isoproterenol Isuprel |
| IVUS (intravascular ultrasound) junctional rhythm |
| JL-4, JR-4 catheters |
| joules |
| Kimny catheter |
| LAO (left anterior oblique) |
| LBBB (left bundle branch block) |
| leads I, II, III, aVF, V1-V6 |
| leaflet tip excursion |
| left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) |
| LGL (Lown-Ganong-Levine) syndrome |
| LGLS (Lown-Ganong-Levin syndrome) |
| lipid tests |
| lipoprotein electrophoresis |
| Lown-Ganong-Levine (LGL) syndrome |
| Luge wire |
| 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 |
| MVP trial (managed ventricular pacing) |
| myocardial infarction (MI) |
| myocardium |
| myxoma |
| NavX |
| necrosis |
| nitroglycerin |
| normal sinus rhythm (NSR) |
| NSR (normal sinus rhythm) |
| occlusive vascular disease |
| ohms |
| Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome |
| PAC (premature atrial contraction) |
| pacemaker |
| pace/sense leads |
| palpitations |
| paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT) |
| paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT or PST) passive fixation |
| PAT (paroxysmal atrial tachycardia) |
| patent ductus arteriosus |
PAV/SAV delays |
| percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) |
| pericarditis |
| pericardium |
| Persantine stress test |
| Persantine thallium stress test |
| petechiae |
| phlebitis |
| phlebotomy |
| Piedoff probe |
| pigtail catheter |
| Pisa TEE |
| porcine prosthetic valve postabsorptive state |
| post-cine |
| precordium |
| premature atrial contraction (PAC) |
| premature ventricular contraction (PVC) |
| PR interval |
| PST (paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia) |
| PSVT (paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia) |
| PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) |
| prosthetic click |
| pulmonary artery |
| pulmonary circulation |
| pulmonary valve |
| pulmonary vein |
| PVC (premature ventricular contraction) |
| PVC (pulmonary venous congestion) P wave |
| QRS alternans, changes, complex, interval, vector |
| QRS-ST junction |
| QRS-T changes |
| QRST interval |
| QT interval quadpolar |
| quinidine |
| Q wave |
| radiofrequency |
| RAO (right anterior oblique) Raynaud phenomenon |
| regurgitation |
| rheumatic heart disease |
| right bundle branch block (RBBB) |
| right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) |
| rub |
| RVH (right ventricular hypertrophy) |
| RVOT (right ventricular outflow tract) |
| R wave |
| SCDHeFT trial |
| septa |
| septal defect |
| septum |
| sestamibi, 99mTc |
| sidehole catheter |
| sinoatrial node |
| sinus bradycardia |
| sinus node dysfunction |
| sinus tachycardia |
| situs solitus |
| slew rate |
| sphygmomanometer |
| ST depression, elevation, segment changes, segment depression, segment elevation |
| ST-T wave |
| stethoscope |
| stress test - exercise, Persantine, sestamibi, thallium, treadmill |
| supraventricular |
| supraventricular tachycardia |
| SVT (supraventricular tachycardia) |
| SynerGraft pulmonary heart valve |
| systemic circulation |
| systole |
| systolic ejection murmur |
| tachyarrhythmia |
| tachycardia |
| tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome |
| Takotsubo syndrome (or cardiomyopathy) |
| TEE (transesophageal echocardiography) |
| tetralogy of Fallot |
| thrill |
| thrombolytic therapy |
| thrombotic occlusion |
| TIMI grade flow |
| TPA (tissue plasminogen activator) |
| transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) |
| treadmill stress test (TST) |
| tricuspid regurgitation |
| tricuspid valve |
| trifascicular disease |
| troponin I |
| troponin level |
| troponin T |
| trough |
| TST (treadmill stress test) |
| T wave VA interval |
| valvuloplasty |
| varicose veins |
| vascular |
| vasoconstriction |
| vasodilation |
| vegetation |
| vein |
| vena cava |
| venae cavae |
| venous |
| ventricle |
| ventricular |
| ventriculotomy |
| venule |
| Wenckebach phenomenon |
| Wholey wire |
| Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome |
| WPW (Wolff-Parkinson-White) syndrome |