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| Ventricular wall thrombus |
a blood clot that attaches to the inside wall of the ventricle; pieces of the thrombus can break off and spread to anywhere in the body leading to infarctions |
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| Ventricular septum |
heart tissue that separates the RV and LV |
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| "A VSD" |
a ventricular septal defect; a hole in the ventricular septum that causes blood to mix b/w the RV and LV |
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| Ventricular fibrillation |
irregular beating of the ventricles; terminal event that requires immediate electrical cardioversion |
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| Valvular vegetation |
infection growth on the cardiac valves |
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| U wave |
after the T wave; appears infrequently |
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| Tricuspid valve |
b/w RA and RV |
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| Tachypnea |
increased respiratory rate >20 |
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| Tachycardia |
fast HR > 100 bpm |
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| SVT |
supraventricular tachycardia |
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| Stridor |
upper airway noise heard on respiration, common in croup |
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| N-STEMI |
a non-segment elevation MI is a heart attack that is not diagnosed on the EKG but is diagnosed by an elevated troponin on blood test |
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| STEMI |
ST elevation Myocardial Infarction; when the EKG shows "ST segment elevation" it indicates "an acute MI"; patient needs immediate cardiac catheterization ans cardiac stent placement |
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| Sinoatrial node |
"SA node"; originates electrical signal and sends it to the AV node |
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| RV |
receives blood from RA |
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| Right bundle branch block |
"RBBB"; a block in the electrical conduction through the right bundle; evidenced by presence of "rabbit ears" in leads V1 and V2 on EKG |
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| RA |
receives blood from IVC and SVC |
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| Regular rhythm |
normal sinus rhythm |
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| Regular rate |
a rate that is b/w 60 & 100 bpm |
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| QT interval |
amt of time elapsed from beginning of Q wave to beginning of T wave |
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| QRS interval |
amt of time elapsed from beginning of Q wave to end of S wave |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:35:00 GMT |
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| Pulmonic valve |
b/w the RV and the pulmonary artery |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:35:00 GMT |
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| Pulmonary artery |
artery from the heart to the lungs |
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| Persantine-Thallium test |
a test for cardiac disease performed on patients who cannot complete an exercise stress test; injection of persantine and thallium done by the department of nuclear medicine followed by xrays |
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| Pericardium |
the sac in which the heart is located; "the heart sac" |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:31:40 GMT |
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| Pericarditis |
inflammation of the pericardium evidenced on physical exam by the presence of a friction rub on heart auscultation |
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| Pericardiocentesis |
procedure where a needle is used to drain fluid from the pericardium; done emergently in cases of pericardial tamponade |
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| Pericardial tamponade |
diagnosis due to fluid in the pericardium that exerts pressure on the heart and hampers its ability to contract normally |
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| PVC |
pre-ventricular contraction |
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| PR interval |
amt of time elapsed from beginning of P wave to beginning of R wave on EKG |
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| PAC |
pre-atrial contraction |
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| Myocarditis |
inflammation of the heart muscle |
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| Myocardium |
heart muscle |
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| Myocardial Infarction |
diagnosis of dead cardiac muscle tissue that occurs when blood flow through the coronary artery is obstructed; "had an MI" |
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| Murmur |
abnormal heart sound; rated on scale 1-6 |
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| Mitral valve |
b/w LA and LV |
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| LV |
receives blood from LA |
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| Left bundle branch block |
"LBBB"; a block in the electrical conduction through the left bundle; evidenced by a wide QRS in lead 1 and V6 |
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| LA |
left atrium; receives blood from pulmonary veins |
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| JVD |
jugular venous distention |
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| Irregular rhythm |
not a normal sinus rhythm |
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| Irregular rate |
a rate that is more than 100 or less than 60 bpm |
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| Irregularly irregular |
usually atrial fibrillation |
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| Gallop |
extra heart sound resembling sound of galloping horse |
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| Friction rub |
a crunch sound heart over the heart when auscultating; indicates inflammation of the heart sac known as pericarditis |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:15:30 GMT |
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| Extra systole |
extra beats of the heart |
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| Exercise stress test |
a test for cardiac disease performed by having the patient run on a treadmill while hooked up to electrical leads that monitor the electrical activity |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:15:30 GMT |
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| Electrical leads |
a wire placed at the top of the chest that records electrical activity from a specific area in the heart; up to 12 leads |
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| EKG |
measurement of the electrical activity of the heart; measured with a certain number of leads; often, a "3 lead" or a "12 lead" |
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| Electrical cardioversion |
cardioverting (returning normal sinus rhythm) the electrical activity of the heart by placing pads onto the chest and literally "electrically shocking" the heart |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:10:23 GMT |
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| Ectopy |
abnormal beat seen on EKG |
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| Electrocardiogram |
ultrasound of the heart |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:10:22 GMT |
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| Dilated cardiomyopathy |
dysfunctional heart muscle b/c of an enlarged heart |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:06:01 GMT |
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| Coronary Artery |
an artery that supplies the heart with blood
right coronary artery = RCA
left main coronary artery = "left main"
circumflex coronary artery= "the circ"
left anterior descending= "the LAD"
and others |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:06:01 GMT |
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| Complete heart block |
a complete block in the electrical conduction at the AV node; the atria and ventricles beat independently of each other |
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| Cardiomyopathy |
dysfunctional heart muscle |
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| Cardiomegaly |
enlarged heart |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:00:36 GMT |
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| Cardiac Stent |
a device that is deployed into a blocked coronary artery in order to open it and restore blood flow |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:00:36 GMT |
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| Cardiac Ischemia |
decreased blood flow through the coronary vessels and to the heart; usually diagnosed by ST segment depression on the EKG |
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| Cardiac Catheterization |
an invasive test for heart disease performed in "the cath lab" by a cardiologist who inserts an angiocatheter into a large artery (ie the fermoral artery or the brachial artery) and advances it up the aorta and into coronary arteries |
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| Cardiac Angiogram |
xray image of the coronary vessels that stand out when dye is injected into them during a cardiac catheterization; done by a cardiologist using fluoroscopy in the cath lab |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:49:32 GMT |
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| Bradycardia |
slow HR < 60 bpm |
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| Axis |
the direction of the vector of the cardiac electrical activity |
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| Atriventricular node (AV node) |
receives the electrical activity from the SA node and conducts it to the ventricular bundles: the right bundle and the left bundle |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:49:32 GMT |
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| Atrila septum |
heart tissue that separates the RA and LA |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:46:20 GMT |
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| Atrial septal defect "An ASD" |
hole in the atrial septum that causes blood to mix b/w the RA and LA |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:46:20 GMT |
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| Atrial flutter |
irregular beating of the atria; often described as "a-flutter" with 2 to 1 block or 3 to 1 block |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:46:20 GMT |
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| Atrial fibrillation |
irregular beating of the atria; indicates that the sinus node is not conducting a normal sinus rhythm; "a fib" |
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| Aortic valve |
a heart valve b/w the LV and the ascending aorta |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:42:14 GMT |
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| Aortic rupture |
diagnosis in which the arterial wall breaks open as could happen in aortic dissection; ruptured aortic aneurysm trauma |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:42:14 GMT |
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| Aortic dissection |
diagnosis in which the arterial wall splits apart |
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mcs5109 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:42:14 GMT |
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| Aortic aneurysm |
diagnosis of enlarged aorta; due to weakened aortic wall |
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