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PA

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Pulmonary artery

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the partial pressure of oxygen where hemoglobin is 50% saturated with oxygen

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P50

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PAC

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Premature atrial contraction

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The partial pressure exerted by O2 dissolved in arterial

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PaO2

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PFO

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Patent foramen ovale

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The partial pressure exerted by CO2 dissolved in arterial blood

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PaCO2

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To relieve the symptoms of without fixing or repairing the underlying condition

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Palliative

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The pressure exerted by a gas dissolved in plasma and RBC water

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Partial pressure

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The partial pressure exerted by CO2 in mmHg

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pCO2

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PCWP

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Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure

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PDA

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Patent ductus arteriosus

Posterior descending artery

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PE

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Pulmonary embolus
Pulmonary edema
Peripheral edema

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Compression of an athromatous lesion by inflating a intracoronary balloon catheter to dilate the vessel

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PTCA (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty)

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Pupils equal and reactive to light and accommodation

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PERLA

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Flowing over;

Blood flow through the organs and tissues of the body

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Perfusion

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To test to determine the status of blood flow to an organ

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Perfusion scan

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Variation of PTCA in which a catheteris inserted in the artery that permits blood flow during balloon inflation

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Perfusion balloon angioplasty

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Health professional educated to operate the heart and lung machine and other life support devices

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Perfusion technologist

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Peri-

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Surrounding, around

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The tough non-elastic membrane surrounding the heart

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Pericardium

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Inflammation of the pericardium

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Pericarditis

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The inverse log of the hydrogen ion activity

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pH

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PH2 O

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Water vapor pressure

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WBC that engulfs and destroys foreign organisms

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Phagocyte

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A test of heart function during intentional drug-induced stress

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Pharmacological stress test

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Ventilation scheme where the total CO2 increases as the temp falls

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pH stat

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PI

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Pulmonary insufficiency

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PICU

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Pediatric intensive care unit

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PJC

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Premature junctional contractions

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A constant that describes the rate or degree to which a chemical rxn goes to completion depending on temp and pH

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pK

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Hemoglobin released from dying or damaged RBC

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Plasma free hemoglobin

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The acellular, colorless liquid portion of blood

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Plasma

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The substance found in blood that digests fibrin resulting in clot dissolution

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Plasmin

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The precursor to plasmin that is activated by TPA

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Plasminogen

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Thrombocyte

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Platelet

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PND

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Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea

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pO2

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Partial pressure of oxygen

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Cold blooded;heterothermic; animals whose body temp changes with the environment

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Poikilothermic

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Serious condition characterized by too many RBC

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Polycythemia

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Platelets collected from multiple donors and mixed together for use in transfusion

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Pooled platelets

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Angina occurring from 1 to 60 days after an acute MI

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Post-MI angina

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ECG PR segment, interval of time between the P wave and the R wave

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PR interval

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To fill the extracorporeal circuit with fluid

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Prime

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Variant angina, a clinical syndrome of rest pain and reversible ST-segment elevation

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Prinzmental’s angina

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PS

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Pulmonary valvular stenosis

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PT

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Prothrombin time

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PTCA

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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

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PTT

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Partial thromboplastin time

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Referring to the lung or the biscuspid valve separating the RV

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Pulmonary

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Condition, usually acute, but sometimes chronic, where fluid builds up in the lungs

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Pulmonary edema

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Small or undeveloped pulmonary valve

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Pulmonary atresia

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Pulmonary valvular incompetence

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Pulmonary insufficiency

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Pulmonary valvular stenosis

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Pulmonary stenosis

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The blood propulsion device included in the ECC

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Pump

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Slang for the technologist that is a perfusionist

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Pumptech

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PV

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Pulmonary valve

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PVC

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Premature ventricular contraction

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PVD

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Peripheral vascular disease

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PVR

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Pulmonary vascular resistance; resistance to the flow of blood through the pulmonary vascular beds

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QIP

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Quality improvement process

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RA

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Right atrium

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A diagnostic test in which a radioactive substance is injected into bloodstream

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Radionuclide test

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RBBB

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Right bundle branch block

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RBC

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Red blood cell; erythrocyte

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RCA

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Right coronary artery

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65
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Referring to the kidney

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Renal

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Failure of the kidney to cleanse the blood causing the build up waste products in the blood

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Renal failure

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The chemical processes that occur at the tissue level converting oxygen and water

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Respiration

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An abnormal physiological process in which there is a primary reduction in alveolar reduction in ventilation relative relative to the rate of CO2 prod

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Respiratory acidosis

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An abnormal physiological process in which there is a primary increase in the rate of alveolar ventilation relative to the rate of CO2 prod.

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Respiratory alkalosis

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The recurrence of a stenosis

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Re-stenosis

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Against the normal direction of flow

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Retrograde

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Restoration,to the extent possible,of normal blood flow to the myocardium by surgical or percutaneous means

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Revascularization

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RH

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Relative humidity

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Rh

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Rhesus monkey factor

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RHD

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Rheumatic heart disease

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RIMA

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Right internal mammary artery

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RISC

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Research Group on Instability in Coronary Artery Disease

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High, intermediate

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Risk

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RITA

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Randomized Intervention Treatment of Angina

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RM

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Right Main Coronary Artery

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RRR

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Regular rate and rhythm

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RV

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Right ventricle

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RVH

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Right ventricular hypertrophy

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Rx

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Therapy or treatment

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SA node

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Sinoatrial node

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SBP

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Systolic blood pressure

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SCOPA

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South Carolina Organ Procurement Agency

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Sed. Rate

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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

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SEM

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Systolic ejection murmur

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SGOT

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Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase(AST)

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SGPT

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Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase

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Acute peripheral circulatory failure

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Shock

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Bundle of excitatory tissue found in the right atrium

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Sinus node

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The portion of the aortic root just distal to the aortic valve

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Sinus of Valsalva

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Percent saturation of hemoglobin with oxygen

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sO2

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The ability of a gas to dissolve into plasma and RBC water

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Solubility

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S tach

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Sinus tachycardia

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A narrowing or blockage of a coronary artery

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Stenosis

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STICU

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Surgical trauma intensive care unit

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Beneath the tongue

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Sublingual

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An irregular heart beat that originates in the atria or AV node

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Supraventricular arrhythmia

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SV

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A device placed in a vessel to keep it open,coronary stent;

Stroke volume

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SVCSVC

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Superior vena cava

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SVG

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Saphenous vein graft

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SVO2

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Mixed venous oxygen saturation

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SVR

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System vascular resistance

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SV tach

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Supraventricular tachycardia

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Referring to the period of time during contraction of the ventricle

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Systole

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TAPVR

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous return

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TEE

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Transesphogeal echocardiography, a doppler echocardiography

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A person highly skilled in a certIn field or process

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Technician

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A person who applies scientific knowledge in a specialized field

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Technologist

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The mathematical process to correct for the physical changes

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Temperature correction

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TGA

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Transposition of the great arteries

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The small veins terminating into the right sided chambers of the heart

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Thebesian veins

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Abnormal decrease in number of blood platelets

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Thrombocytopenia

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Platelet; disc shaped enucleated body found in the body that initiates the coagulation process

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Thrombocyte

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Pharmacological treatment with a class of drugs that can break up fibrin blood clots

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Thrombolytic therapy

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Blood clot

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Thrombus

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Small or undeveloped tricuspid valve

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Tricuspid atresia

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TI

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Tricuspid insufficiency

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TM

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Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction

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TIA

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Transient ischemic attack

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TOF

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Tetralogy of Fallot

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Consists of HCO3,H2CO3, and dissolved CO2

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Total CO2 content

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TPA

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Tissue plasminogen activator; substance that converts plasmin to dissolve clot

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TR

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Triscupid regurgitation

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Trans-

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Across or through

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Through the skin

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Transcutaneous

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The injection of whole blood or blood prod. into blood stream

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Transfusion

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Cardiac pacemaker using a pacing electrode

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Transvenous pacemaker

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Screening and classification of sick persons to determine priority of need

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Triage

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The valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle

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Tricuspid valve

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TS

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Tricuspid stenosis

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A general term for a membrane or lining a body part

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Tunica

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TV

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Tricuspid valve

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UAC

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Umbilical artery catheter

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UO

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Urine output

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The separation of fluid and electrolytes from the body

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Ultrafiltration

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Angina or chest pain that occurs at rest

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Unstable angina

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VA

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Veterans administration

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VAD

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Ventricular assist device

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Surgical repair of a cardiac valve

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Valvuloplasty

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To make an incision into a diseased cardiac valve

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Valvulotomy

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Prinzmental’s angina, clinical syndrome of rest pain and reversible ST-segment

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Variant angina

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The small blood vessel providing nutrient blood flow to large arteries

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Vasa vasorum

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Pertaining to blood vessels

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Vascular

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The arterioles decrease in diameter restricting blood flow

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Vasoconstrict

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The arterioles increase in diameter

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Vasodilate

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A blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart

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Vein

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Large vein collecting the venous return from the head

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Vena cava

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The movement of gas in and out of the lungs

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Ventilation

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A small cavity or chamber

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Ventricle

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A procedure for visualization of ventricles

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Ventriculography

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V fib

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Ventricular fibrillation

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Coagulation disorder

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Von Willebrand Disease

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VSD

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Ventricular septal defect

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V tach

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Ventricular tachycardia

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VWF

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Von Willebrand Factor

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WBC(leukocyte,neutrophil,basophils,eosinophils,monocytes )

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White blood cell

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WNL

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Within normal limits

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XC

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Cross clamp

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Tissue taken from another species

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Xenograph

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Bifurcation junction resembling alphabet “y” used for dividing or merging the flow through two pieces of tubing

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Y connector

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