CARDIOLOGY

Cardiology

Question 1: List of prefixes, combining forms, and suffixes commonly used in the system (www.medicineamigo.com)



Prefixes and suffixes in Cardiology Terminology

Prefixes: "Brady meaning slowly. For example, bradycardia, which means a very slow heartbeat. "Dys'-meaning bad or difficult. For example, shortness of breath, this means having difficulty breathing. "Tachy'-meaning quickly. For example, tachycardia, meaning very heart palpitations. "Hyper'-value above the norm. For example, hypertension, which is a medical condition in which blood pressure is too high man Suffixes: "Emia 'meaning blood. For example, anemia, which means lack of oxygen of blood components. "Gram'-meaning record or in writing•. For example, the angiogram which medical imaging technology. "ITIS" meaning inflammation. For example, cardio,which means inflammation of the heart. "Lysis" meaning destruction. For example, vasoparalysis which means inability to constrict the blood vessels.

Question 2: List of frequently used abbreviations and their meanings.

Sometimes you'll see those reductions at the papers or hear people use this terminology (Culver 2005 Alvin ).

ACL:  advancedcardiac life support

FIB: atrial fibrillation

ASCAD: wrinkled coronary artery disease, atherosclerotic coronary artery disease

ASCVD: wrinkled cardiovascular disease, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

ASHD: wrinkled heart disease, atherosclerotic heart disease

ECG: electrocardiogram, electrocardiography

ECG: electrocardiogram, electrocardiography

FEM-FEM: femoro-femoral

FEM-pop: femoral-popliteal

IVC: inferior vena Vienna

LAD: left anterior descending (artery)

LAO: left anterior oblique

LCA: left coronary artery, left circumflex artery

Lima: the left interior mammary artery

LV: left ventricle / ventricular

MI: myocardial infarction PAC: premature reduction of atrial premature contractions Ear PDA: patent ductus arteriosus, posterior descending artery PE: pulmonary embolus / embolism PTCA: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty PVC: premature ventricular contractions PVD: peripheral vascular disease RAD: right anterior descending (artery) RAO: right anterior oblique V-tach: ventricular tachycardia

Q.3: a list of five diseases / conditions that affect that particular system, including definition / explanatii state.



Heart disease

Heart disease is a wide term that includes any disease of the heart muscle. These include "coronary heart disease," "congenital heart defect," "ischemic," "idiopathic cardiomyopathy," "heart failure", "cardiac arrhythmia" and "heart disease"(Virginia 2006 ) is so far, the most common heart disease coronary heart disease. Coronary artery vessels supplying blood to the heart muscle itself. Over time, the coronary arteries, similar to other major arteries can be occluded with a "board" of "atherosclerosis," causing a decrease in blood flow to the heart. When this happens, the victim may experience chest pain (called "angina"), or may suffer a heart attack.

Hypertension

Hypertension is the ...