LOM Chapter 11 Abbreviations
Terms
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- ACE inhibitors
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors
- ACS
- Acute coronary syndromes
- AF
- Atrial fibrillation
- AMI
- Acute myocardial infarction
- AS
- Aortic stenosis
- ASD
- Atrial septal defect
- AV, A-V
- Atrioventricular
- BBB
- Bundle branch block
- BP
- Blood Pressure
- CABG
- Coronary artery bypass graft
- CAD
- Coronary artery disease
- CCU
- Coronary care unit
- Cath
- Catheterization
- CHF
- Congestive Heart Failure
- CK
- Creatine kinase; released into the bloodstream following injury to heart or skeletal muscles
- CoA
- Coarctation of the aorta
- CTNI (cTnI)
- Cardiac troponin I; troponin is a protein released into the bloodstream 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
- ECG, EKG
- Electrocardiogram
- ECHO
- Echocardiography
- ETT
- Exercise tolerance test
- ETT-MIBI
- Exercise tolerance test combined with a radioactive tracer (sestamibi) scan
- HDL
- High-density lipoproteins; high blood levels are associated with lower incidence of coronary artery disease
- HMG
- Hydroxymethyl glutaryl CoA reductase, an enzyme that blocks the synthesis of cholesterol
- HTN
- Hypertension
- ICD
- Implantable cardioverter/defibrillator
- LDL
- Low-density lipoproteins
- LMWH
- Low-molecular-weight heparin
- LV
- Left ventricle
- LVAD
- Left ventricular assist device
- LVH
- Left ventricular hypertrophy
- MI
- Myocardial infarction
- MR
- Mitral regurgitation
- MUGA
- Multiple-gated acquisition scan; a radioactive test of heart 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
- SA, S-A
- Sinoatrial
- 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
- 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