Information about the Heart
| Name | Alt. Name |
| aging changes in the heart and blood vessels | |
| angioplasty | |
| aortic dissection | aortic dissecting intramural hematoma, dissecting aortic aneurysm, dissection of the aorta |
| aortic regurgitation | aortic insufficiency |
| aortic stenosis | |
| arrhythmias | irregular heartbeat |
| atherosclerosis | arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries |
| atrial fibrillation | |
| atrial flutter | auricular flutter |
| atrial septal defects | |
| automated external defibrillators | automated external defibrillation |
| bacterial pericarditis | pyogenic pericarditis |
| blood pressure test | |
| cardiac catheterization | cardiac angiography, coronary angiogram, coronary angiography, heart catheterization |
| cardiac rehabilitation | |
| cardiac tamponade | |
| cardiogenic shock | |
| chest pain | chest wall pain, thoracic pain |
| coarctation of the aorta | aortic coarctation, CoA |
| congenital heart disease | congenital heart defects |
| congestive heart failure in children | CHF in children |
| congestive heart failure | CHF, heart failure, left-sided heart failure |
| constrictive pericarditis | |
| coronary heart disease | CAD, CHD, coronary artery disease |
| coronary risk factors | coronary heart disease risk factors |
| cyanotic heart disease | |
| depression after heart attack | |
| digoxin toxicity | digitalis toxicity, digoxin overdose |
| dilated cardiomyopathy | dilated congestive cardiomyopathy |
| ECG | EKG, electrocardiogram |
| echocardiogram | Doppler ultrasound of the heart, echocardiography, transesophageal echocardiogram |
| first aid for heart attack | cardiopulmonary arrest, MI, myocardial infarction |
| heart and lung transplant | heart-lung transplant |
| heart attack | MI, myocardial infarction |
| heart block | atrioventricular block, AV block, bundle branch block, complete heart block, first-degree heart block, second-degree heart block, third-degree heart block |
| heart bypass surgery | CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, coronary bypass, coronary revascularization |
| heart disease and diet | cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary artery disease (CAD), coronary heart disease (CHD) |
| heart murmur | |
| heart transplant | cardiac transplant, transplantation of the heart |
| heart valve surgery | surgery of the heart valves |
| high blood pressure | hypertension |
| Holter monitor | ambulatory electrocardiography, electrocardiography, ambulatory |
| hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis |
| Kawasaki disease | Kawasaki's syndrome, mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome |
| mitral regurgitation, acute | acute mitral incompetence, acute mitral insufficiency |
| mitral regurgitation, chronic | MR |
| mitral stenosis | none |
| mitral valve prolapse | MVP |
| myocardial contusion | traumatic heart disease |
| myocarditis | |
| open heart surgery | intracardiac surgery |
| organ donation | "the gift of life" |
| pacemakers | artificial pacemakers |
| palpitations | arrhythmia, irregular heartbeat |
| paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia | paroxysmal atrial tachycardia, PSVT, supraventricular tachycardia, SVT |
| patent ductus arteriosus | PDA |
| pericarditits after a heart attack | post-MI pericarditis, postmyocardial infarction pericarditis |
| pulmonary atresia | pulmonic atresia |
| rapid heartbeat | fast heartbeat, tachycardia |
| restrictive cardiomyopathy | restrictive myocardiopathy |
| rheumatic fever | |
| sick sinus syndrome | |
| sinus tachycardia | |
| slow heartbeat | bradycardia |
| stable angina | angina pectoris |
| stress EKG | ECG - exercise treadmill test, EKG - exercise treadmill test, exercise electrocardiography, stress EKG, stress test |
| Swan-Ganz catheterization | catheterization, right heart, right heart catheterization |
| tetrology of Fallot | Fallot's syndrome, ToF |
| transposition of the great arteries | TGA, transposition of the great vessels |
| tricuspid regurgitation | tricuspid incompetence, tricuspid insufficiency |
| unstable angina | unstable angina pectoris |
| ventricular septal defect | endocardial cushion defect, VSD |
| ventricular tachycardia | V tach |
| vitamin E and heart disease | |
| Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome | pre-excitation syndrome |