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Common Abbreviations: ABI (ankle brachial index, atherothrombotic brain infarction), ACIP (Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilo, Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot), ASD (Atrial Septal Defect), HJR (hepato-jugular reflux), HV (hepatic vein), LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction), NIVA (Noninvasive Vascular Assessment), OM2 (second obtuse marginal branch), RCA (right coronary artery), SVT (supraventricular tachycardia)

Common Terms: Alpha graft, Cell Saver blood, Factor V Leiden, Homans sign, PTFE graft, side arm sheath

Medications: adenosine, clonidine, Nitropaste

Medications for hypercholesteremia: Lipitor, Zetia

Medications, Statins: Baycol, Lescol, Lipitor, Mevacor, Pravachol, Zocor

Medications for stroke prevention: ramipril

Procedures/Reports: Ablation and Cardioversion, Aortogram with runoff, the left brachial approach, EP Study, Left Heart Catheterization

ACIP - Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilo; Asymptomatic Cardiac Ischemia Pilot

anti-Xa: (Sounds like anti-ten-a)

"aorta by fem" = aortobifemoral

ASD: Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) a condition where a person has an abnormal hole inside the heart.

Bruit: n : any of several generally abnormal sounds heard on auscultation (an audible produced by an artery). Examples: orbital-cranial

Cardiac Catheterization: Bx Velocity Coronary Stent, Cypher Sirolimees-eluting Stent (drug), Hepacoat, Palmaz Balloon-expendable Stent, rotational arthrectomy, rotoblator wire, Cardiac Telemetry Unit, adenosine, pulmonary vascular resistance-dynes, Angio-Seal, Pixel stent, Express2 stent, 8 French venous sidearm sheath, burr, protamine, Seldinger technique, angiograms in orthogonal views, milliseconds, 1.75 mm bur, 3.0 15 cutting balloon, Quantum Maverick, Maverick, TIMI-3 flow, abciximab, Gianturco coils, Swan-Ganz, cardiac output, assumed Fick method, thermodilution, Slow path area of the AV node, AV nodal Wenckebach, VA interval at the HP, proximal coronary sinew positive, AUNRT, HV, Alpha Graft PTFE, Retrograde conduction, decremental, RF pulses, AH interval, AV nodal echoes

Catheters: Raptorrail Rapid Exchange PTCA Dilatation, Judkins (left, right, pigtail), Voda, Wood units, levo phase, 8 French Judkins left (or right) 4, 7 French quadripolar 5-mm tipped, JR4, JL4, angulated pigtail, cine, Amplatz, bipolar Baim-Turi, Swan-Ganz

Contrast media for scans: adenosine

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D-transposition to great artery associated with multiple muscular ventriculoseptal defects

EKG terms: AVS ( AudioVisual Stimulation), leads (1-3: Roman numerals; V1-6: Cardinal numbers: aVR, aVL, aVF)

Epley maneuvers: Treatment for vertigo.

foramen ovale:

Heart murmurs: grades are listed in Roman numerals

HMG CoA reductive ACE inhibitor therapy

loop monitor: Monitors and graphically presents the pressures within the cardiac ventricles, recorded over the course of the cardiac cycle.

NIVA (Noninvasive Vascular Assessment)

Pacemaker checking: A pace V pace; A sense V sense

Persantine thallium scan

PFO: Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) a condition where a person has an abnormal hole inside the heart.

Surgery: Aortogram with runoff, the left brachial approach: antecubital fossa, 4 French ureteral sheath, 4 French pigtail catheter, multi-purpose catheter, AP aortogram, aortic bifurcation, bolus-chase technique

Surgicel: oxidized regenerated cellulose and comes in small sheets

SVC syndrome: Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Tachycardia: AV nodal, macro-reentry tachycardia

TED stockings

Treadmill test: absolute distance to claudication (ACD); ABI: ankle/brachial index;

Vasculitis: Types of Vasculitis

Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome - Abnormal cardiac conduction that occurs by way of an accessory pathway between the atria and the ventricles. Baseline EKG will typically show a short P-R interval and a slurred upstroke of the QRS (delta wave). Tachyarrhythmias are common.