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Medical Terminology
Abbreviations and Acronyms of the Cardiovascular System
Term | Definition |
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A A A | abdominal aortic aneurysm |
A E D | automated external defibrillator |
A M I | acute myocardial infarction |
B P | blood pressure |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft [pronounced "cabbage"] |
C A D | coronary artery disease |
C C U | coronary care unit, critical care unit |
C H F | congestive heart failure |
C P R | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
E C G or E K G | electrocardiogram |
ECHO | echocardiogram |
H D L | high density lipoprotein [healthy type of cholesterol] |
H T N | hypertension |
I C D | implantable cardioverter - defibrillator |
L D L | low density lipoprotein [bad cholesterol] |
M I | myocardial infarction |
P V D | peripheral vascular disease |
A C E | angiotensin converting enzyme |
t P A | tissue plasminogen activator |
C P B | cardiopulmonary bypass |
P T C A | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
T A V R | transcatheter aortic valve replacement |
a-fib | atrial fibrillation |
card cath, C C | cardiac catheterization |
C V I | chronic venous insufficiency |
P A D | peripheral artery disease |
T S T | thallium stress test |
v-fib | ventricular fibrillation |