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Glossary of lesson 31 - equipment, pharmaceuticals and tests

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12-lead electrocardiogram leads
V1-V6 (precordial leads), aVR, aVL,aVF (extremity leads), I,II,III, (extremity leads)
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angiogram measurements
stroke volume, sysolic volume, end-diastolic volume, index, ejection fraction
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CABG
coronary artery bypass graft
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cardiac indices
(in da seas)
green dye saturation curve, circulation time, left-to-right and right-to-left saturations
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CT ratio
cardiac-thoracic ration, cardiothoracic ratio
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duplex Doppler 2D echocardiogram
two-dimensional cardiac sonogram, including spectral analysis and real-time images
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EKG landmarks
R-,P-, and T-wave, ST-T wave, mean QRS axis, P-R, Q-T or QRS interval
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Flamm equation
used to calculate percentage saturation
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intracardiac pressures
wedge pressure, mean pressure, end-diastolic pressure, peak pressure
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PTCA
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
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RAO
right anterior oblique (x-ray position)
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R\'
R prime
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shunt
to turn to one side; to bypass
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Swan-Ganz catheter
A soft catheter with an expandable balloon tip that is used for measuring blood pressure in the pulmonary artery