8 Cardio LOM Abbreviations
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- ACS
- acute coronary syndromes
- AF
- atrial fibrillation
- AMI
- acute myocardial infarction
- AS
- aortic stenosis
- ASD
- atrial septal defect
- BBB
- bundle branch block
- CABG
- coronary artery bypass graft
- CAD
- coronary artery disease
- CCU
- coronary care unit
- CK
- creatine kinase; released into the bldstream following injury to heart or skeletal muscles.
- CoA
- coarction of the aorta
- CTNI (cTnI)
- cardiac troponin I; troponin is a protein released into the bldstream after myocardial injury
- CTNT (cTnT)
- Cardiac troponin T
- CVP
- central venous pressure(measured with a catheter in the superior vena cava)
- DSA
- digital subtraction angiography
- DVT
- deep venous thrombosis
- ECC
- Extracorporeal circulation
- ECHO
- echocardiography
- ETT
- exercise tolerance test
- ETT-MIBI
- exercise tolerance test combined with a radioactive tracer (sestamibi) scan
- HMG
- hydromethyl glutaryl CoA reductase, an enzyme that blocks the synthesis of cholesterol
- ICD
- Implantable cardioverter/defibrillator
- LMWH
- low-molecular-weight heparin
- LVAD
- left ventricular assist device
- LVH
- left ventricular hypertrophy
- MR
- mitral regurgitation
- MUGA
- muliple-gated acquisition scan; a radioactive test of hrt function
- MVP
- mitral valve prolapse
- NSR
- normal sinus rhythm
- NSTEMI
- non ST-elevation myocardial infarction
- PAC
- premature atrial contraction
- PCI
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- PDA
- patent ductus arteriosus
- PTCA
- percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; balloon angioplasty
- PVC
- premature ventricular contraction
- RFA
- radiofrequency catheter ablation
- SOB
- shortness of breath
- SPECT
- single photon emission computerized tomography (used for myocardial imaging with sestamibi scans)
- SSCP
- substernal chest pain
- STEMI
- ST-elevation myocardial infarction
- Tc
- Technetium
- TEE
- transesophageal echocardiography
- TMLR
- transmyocardial laser revascularization
- tPA
- tissue-type plasminogen activator; a drug used to prevent thrombosis
- UA
- unstable angina
- VFib
- ventricular fibrillation
- VSD
- ventricular septal defect
- VT
- ventricular tachycardia
- WPW
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome; an abnormal ECG pattern often associated with paroxysmal tachycardia.