- /cordial
- relating to the chest overlying the heart
- /rhythmia
- heart rhythm condition
- /sufficient, sufficiency
- adequate or functional, condition of adequacy or normal function
- /uresis, /uria
- urination, characteristic of the urine
- abnormal heart sounds
- thrill, murmur, bruit, lift, gallop
- afterload, preload
- having to do with contractions ??
- angina pectoris
- chest pain
- apic/o
- apex, at the tip or top
- ather/o
- fatty degeneration
- atrial flutter
- irregular heart beat without a pattern
- bas/o, basil/o
- base, at the base
- cardiac rhythm
- sinus rhythm, nodal rhythm
- CHF
- congestive heart failure
- cor pulmonale
- pulmonary heart disease, heart failure
- coronary arteries
- LAD (left anterior descending), circumflex, collateral, diagonal, obtuse marginal
- diastole, diastolic
- The normal rhythmically occurring relaxation and dilatation of the heart chambers, especially the ventricles, during which they fill with blood
- diathesis
- A hereditary predisposition of the body to a disease, a group of diseases, an allergy, or another disorder
- embol/o
- embolus, floating clot or foreign body in the blood stream
- fibrill/o
- fibrillation, quiver
- foramen
- magnum, ovale, of Monro, Bochdalek, Magendie
- heart block
- AV block, left bundle branch block (LBBB), right bundle branch block (RBBB)
- heart disease classifications
- NYHA (New York Heart Association) CCVS (Canadian Cardiovascular Society)
- heart tones
- S1, S2, S3, S4
- ino/
- related to fiber or fibrous material
- JVD
- jugular venous distention
- LAE, RAE
- left arterial enlargement, right arterial enlargement
- LVEDP
- left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
- LVH, LAH, RVH
- left ventricle hypertrophy, left atrial hypertrophy, right ventricular hypertrophy
- major arteries
- carotid, subclavian, celiac axis or trunk, mesenteric, ductus arteriosus (ligamentum arteriosum)
- major veins
- saphenous, azygos, portal, circle of Willis, ductus venosus
- mitr/o
- mitral or left AV heart valve
- mm3, cc, cm3
- cubic millimeter, cubic centimeter
- neutr/o
- neutral, white cells that don\'t stain
- pack-year
- measurement of smoking history
- palpitation
- 1. A trembling or shaking.
2. Irregular, rapid beating or pulsation of the heart. - patent
- 1. open, unobstructed, or not closed.
2. apparent, evident. - plaque
- 1. any patch or flat area.
2. a superficial, solid, elevated skin lesion. - PND
- paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea
- regurgitation
- 1. flow in the opposite direction from normal.
2. vomiting. - RHD
- rheumatic heart disease
- SBE
- subacute bacterial endocarditis
- small vessels
- arterioles, venules, capillaries
- sputum
- expectoration; matter ejected from the trachea, bronchi, and lungs through the mouth
- systole, systolic
- the contraction, or period of contraction, of the heart, especially of the ventricles
- varic/o, varicos/o
- varicose or pathologically dilated veins
