cardi/o-
heart
-logy
the study of
vascul/o-
blood vessels
my/o-
muscle
-um
structure
-ature
system
-gram
a picture
-ion
action
contrict/o-
drawn together
arteri/o-
artery
vosoconstriction
artery decreases in size
ven/o-
vein
-ule
small thing
CHF
congestive heart failure
infarct/o-
area of dead tisue
endocarditis
inflammation/bacterial infection of the endocardium and the values
cardiac arrhythmias
any type of irregularity in the rate or rhythm of the heart
ventricular fibrillation
in fibrillation, the heart muscle twitches as parts of it contract independently but ineffectively
AED
Automatic External Defibulator
Aneurysm
weak spot in the artery wall
Arteriosclerosis
hardened artery
scler/o-
hard
arteri/o-
artery
Atherosclerosis
plague on the arterial walls
ather/o-
soft fatty
Hyperlipidemia
elevated cholesterol level
hyper
above
lipid/o-
lipid
-emia
condition of the blood
varicose veins
damaged or incompetent valves
Telemetry
measures heart rate and rhythm in hospital by wearing electrodes that transmit an EKG tracing to a central monitoring station
tele/o-
distance
angi/o-
blood vessel
-plasty
to repair
vital signs
in a physical assessment/examination vital signs are taken to measure temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respirations
CABG
coronary artery bypass graft
CABG def
procedure to bypass an occluded coronary artery restore blood flow to the myocardium. A blood vessel from somewhere else is used as the bypass graft