aberrant conduction

amaurosis fugax

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

atria

atrial

atrial fibrillation

atrial septal defect (ASD)

atrioventricular block (A-V block)

atrioventricular node

atrium (atria)

auscultation

A-V block (atrioventricular block)

beta blocker

bifascicular block

brachial artery

bradycardia

Bruce protocol

Brugada syndrome

bruit

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

Carey-Coombs

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

CPK (creatine phosphokinase)

CPK-MB (creatine phosphokinase of muscle band)

creatine kinase (CK)

creatine phosphokinase (CPK)

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 leads I, II, III, aVR, aVL, aVF, V1 through V6

electrocardiography

electromagnetic flowmeter

emboli

embolus (emboli)

endarterectomy

endocarditis

endocardium

extracorporeal circulation

Fallot's tetralogy

fibrillation

flutter

fusion beats

gallop

harsh systolic murmur

HCVD (hypertensive cardiovascular disease)

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

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

myxoma

necrosis

nitroglycerin

normal sinus rhythm (NSR)

NSR (normal sinus rhythm)

occlusive vascular disease

Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome

oxygen

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)

pericarditis

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

pulmonary artery

pulmonary circulation

pulmonary valve

pulmonary vein

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

quinidine

Q wave

Raynaud's phenomenon

regurgitation

rheumatic heart disease

right bundle branch block (RBBB)

right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH)

rub

RVH (right ventricular hypertrophy)

R wave

septa

septal defect

septum

sestamibi, 99mTc

sinoatrial node

sinus bradycardia

sinus node dysfunction

sinus tachycardia

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 - See MT Desk glossary entry

systemic circulation

systole

systolic ejection murmur

tachycardia

tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome

TEE (transesophageal echocardiography)

tetralogy of Fallot

thrill

thrombolytic therapy

thrombotic occlusion

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

valvuloplasty

varicose veins

vascular

vasoconstriction

vasodilation

vegetation

vein

vena cava

venae cavae

venous

ventricle

ventricular

ventriculotomy

venule

Wenckebach phenomenon

whoop

Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome

WPW (Wolff-Parkinson-White) syndrome