| Term | Definition |
|---|
| BP | blood pressure |
| CAD | coronary artery disease |
| CHF | congestive heart failure |
| CV | cardiovascular |
| CVP | central venous pressure |
| DOE | dyspnea on exertion |
| ICS | intercostal space |
| M | murmur |
| MI | myocardial infarction |
| MCL | mid-clavicular line |
| NSR | normal sinus rhythm |
| PMI | point of maximum impulse/intensity |
| PND | paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea |
| RRR | regular rate and rhythm |
| angina | severe, often constricting pain; caused by reduced arterial blood to the myocardium, which reduces oxygen supplied to the myocardial cells; casues injury and ischemia and the shartp precordial pain directly related to cardiac ischemia; usually refers to __________ pectoris |
| arrhythmia | loss of rhythm; denoting especially an irregularity of the heartbeat |
| bradycardia | slowness of the heartbeat, usually a rate less than 60 beats/min |
| bruit | a harsh or musical intermittent auscultatory sound, especially an abnormal one |
| edema | an accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in the cells, tissues, or serous cavities |
| embolism | obstruction or occlusion of a vessel by an embolus |
| hypertension | persisting high arterial blood pressure; generally established guildelines are values exceeding 140 mmHg systolic or exceeding 90 mmHg diastolic blood pressure |
| hypotension | abnormally low arterial blood pressure; generally established guidelines are values less than 90 systolic |
| orthopnea | discomfort in breathing that is brought on or aggrevated by lying flat |
| palpitations | forcible or irregular pulsation of the heart, perceptible to the patient, usually with an increase in frequency or force, with or without irregularity in rhythm |
| phlebitis | inflammation of a vein |
| syncope | loss of consciousness and postural tone cuased by diminished cerebral blood flow |
| tachycardia | rapid beating of the heart, conventionally applied to rates over 100 beats/min |
| thrombophlebitis | venous inflammation with thrombus formation |
| thrombus | a clot in the cardiovascular system formed during life from constituents of blood; it may be occlusive or attached to the vessel or heart wall without obstructing the lumen |
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