Chapter 11❤️ Flashcards
VT
ventricular tachycardia
PRN
as needed
PO
by mouth
PE
pulmonary embolus
HTN
hypertension
EKG
electrocardiography
DVT
deep vein thrombosis
CV
Cardiovascular
CHF
congestive heart failure
CAD
Coronary Artery Disease
CABG
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
BP
Blood pressure
AV
Atrioventricular
AMI
Acute myocardial infarction
AED
Automatic External Defibrillator
AAA
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Cholesterol/o
Cholesterol
Aort/o
Aorta
Cyan/o
Blue
Arter/o
Artery
Aneurysm/o
Aneurysm
Ventricul/o
Ventricle
lower heart chamber
Angi/o
Vessel
Ven/i
Vein
Ven/o
Vein
Pulmon/o
Lung
Valv/o
Valve
Pericardi/o
Pericardium
My/o
Muscle
Cardi/o
Heart
Phleb/o
Vein
Arteri/o
Artery
Ox/o
Oxygen
Axill/o
Armpit
Atri/o
Atrium
Upper heart chamber
Rrhythm/o
Rhythm
Thromb/o
Clot
Valvul/o
Valve
Brachi/o
Arm
Myx/o
Mucus
Isch/o
Hold back
Steth/o
Chest
Sphygm/o
Pulse
Ather/o
Fatty substance
Yellowish plaque
Vas/o
Vessel
Coron/o
Heart
Vascul/o
Vessel
Hypo-
Below
Deficient
Under
Tri-
Three
A-
No
Not
Without
An-
No
Not
Without
Inter-
Between
De-
Down
Lack of
Less
Removal of
Dys-
Bad
Painful
Difficult
Abnormal
Brady-
Slow
Peri-
Surrounding
Tachy-
Fast
Endo-
In
Within
Hyper-
Excessive
Above
Tetra-
Four
End-
Within
In
-rrhexis
Rupture
-um
Structure
Tissue
Lining
-constriction
Narrowing
-emia
Blood condition
-graphy
Process of recorinh
-megaly
Enlargement
-meter
Measure
-ia
Condition
-oma
Tumor
Mass
Swelling
Fluid collection
-osis
Abnormal condition
-plasty
Surgical reconstruction
-Tomy
To cut
-sclerosis
Hardening
-dilation
Widening
Stretching
Expanding
-lysis
Breakdown
Destruction
Separation
Loosening
-stenosis
Tightening
Structure