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72 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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de-
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down, from, or reversing
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-ole
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small
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-stenosis
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narrowing, stricture
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aden(o)
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gland
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adenoid(o)
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adenoids
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aneurysm(o)
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aneurysm
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angi(o)
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vessel
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aort(o)
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aorta
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arter(o), arteri(o)
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artery
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arteriol(o)
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arteriole
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ather(o)
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yellowish, fatty plaque
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atri(o)
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atrium
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cardi(o)
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heart
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coron(o)
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crown
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embol(o)
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embolus
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endocardi(o)
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endocardium
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lymph(o)
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lymph, lymphatics
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lymphaden(o)
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lymph node
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lymphangi(o)
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lymph vessel
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lymphat(o)
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lymphatics
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mediastin(o)
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mediastinum
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myocardi(o)
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myocardium
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ox(i)
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oxygen
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pericardi(o)
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pericardium
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phleb(o)
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vein
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pulmon(o)
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lung
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rhythm(o), rrhythm(o)
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rhythm
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scler(o)
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hard
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sept(o)
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septum, partition; sometimes infection
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sin(o)
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sinus
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splen(o)
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spleen
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steth(o), thorac(o)
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chest
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thym(o)
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thymus
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tonsill(o)
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tonsil
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valv(o), valvul(o)
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valve
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vas(o), vascul(o)
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vessel
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ven(i), ven(o)
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vein
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ventricul(o)
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ventricle
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venul(o)
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venule
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AI
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aortic insufficiency (and several others)
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ASHD
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arteriosclerotic heart disease
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AV, A-V
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atrioventricular
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AVB
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atrioventricular block
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BP
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blood pressure
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CABG
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coronary artery bypass graft
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CAD
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coronary artery disease
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CHF
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congestive heart failure
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CK (CPK)
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creatine kinase (formerly called creatine phosphokinase)
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CPR
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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CVA
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cerebrovascular accident (also costovertebral angle)
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DSA
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digital subtraction angiography
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HDL
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high-density lipoprotein
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HTN
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hypertension
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LA
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left atrium
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LDH
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lactate dehydrogenase (enzyme elevated after MI)
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LDL
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low-density lipoprotein
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LV
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left ventricle
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MI
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myocardial infarction
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MIDCAB
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minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass
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mm Hg
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millimeters of mercury
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MVP
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mitral valve prolapse
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OPCAB
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off-pump coronary artery bypass
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PAT
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paroxysmal atrial tachycardia
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PCI
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percutaneous coronary intervention
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PDA
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patent ductus arteriosus (also posterior descending [coronary] artery)
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PTCA
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percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
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PVC
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premature ventricular contraction
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RA
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right atrium
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RV
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right ventricle
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SA
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sinoatrial
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TEE
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transesophageal echocardiogram
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