MS

en-noun

MS (countable and uncountable, plural MSes)

(cardiology) Initialism of mitral stenosis.


MI

MI (countable and uncountable, plural MIs)

myocardial infarction
myocardial infarction#English

(cardiology) Initialism of myocardial infarction.

(cardiology) Initialism of mitral insufficiency.


heart

heart (countable and uncountable, plural hearts)

Torres Strait Creole: at

→ Bengali: হার্ট (harṭ)

→ Cantonese: heart

→ Cebuano: Heart

→ Irish: hart

→ Japanese: ハート (hāto); ハツ (hatsu) (from hearts)

→ Korean: 하트 (hateu)

→ Tagalog: Heart

PIE word
 *ḱḗr
From Middle English herte, from Old English heorte (“heart”), from Proto-West Germanic *hertā, from Proto-Germanic *hertô (“heart”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd (“heart”). Doublet of cardia; see also core.
Most of the modern figurative senses (such as passion or compassion, spirit, inmost feelings, especially love, affection, and courage) were present in Old English. However, the meaning “center” dates from the early 14th century.
The verb sense “to love” is from the 1977 I ❤ NY advertising campaign.

the way to a man's heart is through his stomach

[…] I did almoſt beleeve, that the motion of the Heart vvas knovvn to God alone: […]

1653, William Harvey, “The Causes which Mov’d the Author to Write”, in [anonymous], transl., The Anatomical Exercises of Dr. William Harvey […] Concerning the Motion of the Heart and Blood. […], London: […] Francis Leach, for Richard Lownes […], →OCLC, page 1:

(anatomy) A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.

a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart

Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, / And in his eies the furies of his heart, / That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, / And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks.

c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:

Calm and deep peace in this wide air,
These leaves that redden to the fall;
And in my heart, if calm at all,
If any calm, a calm despair: […]

1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XI:

The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality.

قَلْب

seat of affections, understanding or will

I know almost every Beatles song by heart.

(obsolete, except in the phrase "by heart") Memory.

(cartomancy) The twenty-fourth Lenormand card.


heart

en-verb

heart (third-person singular simple present hearts, present participle hearting, simple past and past participle hearted)

hearts (present singular third-person)
hearting (participle present)
hearted (participle past)
hearted (past)

We're but the sum of all our terrors until we heart the dove.

2001 April 6, Michael Baldwin, “The Heart Has Its Reasons”, in Commonweal:

2006, Susan Reinhardt, Bulldog doesn't have to rely on the kindness of strangers to draw attention, Citizen-Times.com
I guess at this point we were supposed to feel elated she'd come to her senses and decided she hearts dogs after all.

The further we delve into this "story", the more convinced we become of one thing: We heart the Goss.

2008 January 30, “Cheese in our time: Blur and Oasis to end feud with a Stilton”, in The Guardian, London:

2008 July 25, "The Media Hearts Obama?", On The Media, National Public Radio

Lots of people say they love their hometown, but no one hearts NY quite like Milton Glaser.

2019 July 4, John Leland, “Why This Famous Graphic Designer, at 90, Still ♥s NY”, in New York Times:

(transitive, humorous, informal) To be fond of. Often bracketed or abbreviated with a heart symbol.


EKG

From German EKG. Initialism of German Elektrokardiogramm.

(cardiology) Synonym of ECG (“electrocardiogram”)


ECG

(cardiology) Initialism of electrocardiogram; initialism of electrocardiography; initialism of electrocardiograph.


AS

(cardiology) Initialism of aortic stenosis.


cardiologist

The homeless guy thus ends up getting treated by one of the best cardiologists in the city.

2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Orbit, page 285:

A physician who specializes in medical problems related to the heart.


heartbeat

Music is the heartbeat of the people.

Dream Body Recovery is just one of countless recovery houses that have cropped up in Miami, which has become the heartbeat of the B.B.L. boom in the United States. The average price of a B.B.L. nationwide is around $5,000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine:

A driving impulse or vital force; the vital center of something.


cardiology

en-noun

cardiology (countable and uncountable, plural cardiologies)

(medicine) The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.


hypertension

hypertension (countable and uncountable, plural hypertensions)

Once stroke was classified by a risk factor-free method, the stronger relationship between hypertension and lacunar versus nonlacunar infarction patients disappeared.

2016 March 3, “Comparison of Risk Factor between Lacunar Stroke and Large Artery Atherosclerosis Stroke: A Cross-Sectional Study in China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(medicine, cardiology) The disease or disorder of abnormally high blood pressure.


hypotension

hypotension (countable and uncountable, plural hypotensions)

(medicine, cardiology) The disease or disorder of abnormally low blood pressure.

ниско кръвно налягане

disease of abnormally low blood pressure


flatline

From flat + line. Refers to a continuous straight line (asystole) on an ECG (EKG) or EEG, indicating death.

(medicine, cardiology) An asystole; the absence of heart contractions or brain waves.

The disappearance of the rhythmic peaks displayed on a heart monitor.

When brain function ceases, the electroencephalogram shows flatline recordings.

1972, Louis Lasagna, “Aging and the field of medicine”, in Matilda White Riley, Anne Foner, editors, Aging and Society: Aging and the professions, page 68:

The disappearance of brain waves on an electroencephalogram.


flatline

en-verb

flatline (third-person singular simple present flatlines, present participle flatlining, simple past and past participle flatlined)

flatlines (present singular third-person)
flatlining (participle present)
flatlined (participle past)
flatlined (past)

(intransitive, medicine, cardiology, of the heart) To stop beating.

(intransitive, medicine, cardiology, by extension) To die.


asystole

(pathology, cardiology) An absence of a systole; a failure of the heart to contract.


angina

en-noun

angina (countable and uncountable, plural anginas)

From Latin angina (“quinsy; strangling, choking”), from angō (“to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)”).

bor

(pathology, cardiology) A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage.


angina pectoris

/ˈændʒɪnə ˈpɛktəˌɹɪs/

/ænˈdʒaɪnə ˈpɛktəˌɹɪs/

Learned borrowing from New Latin angina pectoris (1700s).

lbor

(cardiology, pathology) Intermittent crushing chest pain caused by reversible myocardial ischemia.


murmur

en-noun

murmur (countable and uncountable, plural murmurs)

From Middle English murmur, murmor, murmour, from Old French murmure (modern French murmure), from Latin murmur (“murmur, humming, muttering, roaring, growling, rushing etc.”).

der

(cardiology, medicine) The sound made by any condition which produces a noisy, or turbulent, flow of blood through the heart.


coronary heart disease

(pathology, cardiology) Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.


myocardium

en-noun

myocardium (plural myocardiums or myocardia)

From New Latin myocardium, from Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) + καρδίᾱ (kardíā, “heart”).

(anatomy, cardiology) The muscular substance of the heart; the middle of the three layers forming the outer wall of the human heart.

miocardi

muscles that surround and power the heart


P

P (countable and uncountable, plural Ps)

(medicine) A P wave on an electrocardiogram.


T

T (countable and uncountable, plural Ts)

The symmetry of the negative Ts in II, III, and avF (210) may have that significance, or it may mean coronary insufficiency in a patient with an old infarct, or may be a stable part of an old lesion.

1999, Thomas M. Blake, Annotated Atlas of Electrocardiography: A Guide to Confident Interpretation, New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 63:


ischaemia

ischaemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischaemias or ischaemiae)

(cardiology, pathology) Alternative spelling of ischemia


ischemia

ischemia (countable and uncountable, plural ischemias or ischemiae)

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From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ĭ́skhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîmă, “blood”).
The plural form ischemiae is also from New Latin ischaemiae.

der

Coordinate term: hypoperfusion

(cardiology, pathology) Local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply (for example, embolism, thrombosis, or vasoconstriction).

نقص التروية

local disturbance in blood circulation due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply


AHA

American Heart Association
w:American Heart Association

(medicine, cardiology) Initialism of American Heart Association: an American non-profit organization focusing on cardiovascular medical research, education and care.


CHD

congenital heart defect
congenital heart defect#English

(pathology, cardiology) Initialism of congenital heart defect.

coronary heart disease
coronary heart disease#English

(pathology, cardiology) Initialism of coronary heart disease.


myocardial infarction

en-noun

myocardial infarction (plural myocardial infarctions)

From Late Latin infarctus + French myocarde < from Greek ἔμφραγμα (obstacle) του (of) μυοκαρδίου (heart muscle).

(cardiology, pathology) Necrosis of heart muscle caused by an interruption to the supply of blood to the heart, often as a result of coronary thrombosis.


heart attack

→ Finnish: haartätäkki

Before kick-off, a section of Chelsea's support sadly let themselves and their club down by noisily interrupting the silence held in memory of the Hillsborough disaster and for Livorno midfielder Piermario Morosini, who collapsed and died after suffering a heart attack during a Serie B game on Saturday.

2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:

myocardial infarction
myocardial infarction

(cardiology, pathology) An acute myocardial infarction, sometimes fatal, caused by the sudden occurrence of coronary thrombosis, which obstructs the blood supply to the heart and leads to necrosis of heart muscle tissue.


coronary thrombosis

(cardiology, pathology) Thrombosis of a coronary artery, that is, a blockage, caused by a blood clot, of the blood flow in a coronary artery of the heart, leading to myocardial infarction.


electrocardiogram

/əˌlɛktɹəˈkɑɹdi.əˌɡɹæm/

From electro- + cardio- + -gram, Modelled on German Electrocardiogramm(modern German Elektrokardiogramm)

(cardiology) The recording that an electrocardiograph produces.


cardiogram

(cardiology) The visual output an electrocardiograph produces

kardiogram

the visual output an electrocardiograph produces


electrocardiograph

A device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities that measures electric potentials on the surface of the body and creates a record (electrocardiogram) of the electrical currents associated with heart muscle activity.

elektrokardiograf

a device used in the diagnosis and detection of heart abnormalities


SAM

(cardiology) Initialism of systolic anterior motion.


pericardium

pericardium (plural pericardia or pericardiums)

pericardia (plural)
pericardiums (plural)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion).

lbor

The Pericardium is sometimes swelled, as overcharged with too great a quantity of Serous Liquor, making a kind of Dropsie […]

1685, Samuel Collins, “Of the Diseases of the Pericardium, and their Cures”, in The Second Volume, containing The Parts of the Middle and Highest Apartiment of Man's Body (And other Animals):

(anatomy, cardiology) A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.


endocardium

en-noun

endocardium (plural endocardiums or endocardia)

endocardiums (plural)
endocardia (plural)

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(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.


annulus

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ānnulus, a misspelling of Latin ānulus (“ring, especially one worn on a finger”), from ānus (“ring”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂no- (“ring”)) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).
The plural form annuli is a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin ānnulī.

lbor

annulus fibrosus cordis
annulus fibrosus cordis

(anatomy) A ring of fibrous tissue; specifically (cardiology), such a ring around an opening of a heart valve, to which the valve leaflets and muscle fibres of the atria and ventricles are attached; an annulus fibrosus cordis.

rengas

ring of fibrous tissue; specifically, such a ring around an opening of a heart valve


gallop

From Middle English galopen (“to gallop”), from Old French galoper (compare modern French galoper), from Frankish *wala hlaupan (“to run well”), from *wala (“well”) + *hlaupan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną (“to run, leap, spring”), from Proto-Indo-European *klaup-, *klaub- (“to spring, stumble”). Possibly also derived from a deverbal of Frankish *walhlaup (“battle run”) from *wal (“battlefield”) from a Proto-Germanic word meaning "dead, victim, slain" from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“death in battle, killed in battle”) + *hlaup (“course, track”) from *hlaupan (“to run”).
More at well, leap, valkyrie. See also the doublet wallop, coming from the same source through an Old Northern French variant.

der

(cardiology) An abnormal rhythm of the heart, made up of three or four sounds, like a horse's gallop.


defibrillate

en-verb

defibrillate (third-person singular simple present defibrillates, present participle defibrillating, simple past and past participle defibrillated)

defibrillates (present singular third-person)
defibrillating (participle present)
defibrillated (participle past)
defibrillated (past)

Dynamic typography reinvigorates the storytelling genre by anthropomorphizing fonts, defibrillating calligraphy, creating rhythmic, ambient moodscapes without sacrificing speed or lushness.

Though occasionally a “flatliner” can be revived with a defib, it is most commonly used to change the uncoordinated contractions of the heart (fibrillation) into a normal sinus rhythm—that is, to defibrillate the heart.

2011, Laurence Street, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering Technology, page 125:

(cardiology, transitive) To stop the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock.


palpitation

en-noun

palpitation (countable and uncountable, plural palpitations)

From Middle French palpitation, from Latin palpitatio.

Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly, that I felt the palpitation of every artery; at others, I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness.

1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter IV, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume I, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, pages 101–102:

An abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.


PCI

(cardiology) Initialism of percutaneous coronary intervention.


pericardial

(cardiology) Of, or relating to the pericardium.


cardiac muscle

cardiac muscle (countable and uncountable, plural cardiac muscles)

(anatomy, cardiology) The striated and involuntary muscle of the vertebrate heart.


cardiac arrest

cardiac arrest (countable and uncountable, plural cardiac arrests)

(cardiology, pathology) The sudden and complete cessation of the heartbeat resulting in the loss of effective circulation of the blood.


heart failure

heart failure (countable and uncountable, plural heart failures)

(cardiology, pathology) The chronic inability of the heart to pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body, leading to a pooling of blood and shortness of breath.

(cardiology, pathology) The cessation of the heartbeat; cardiac arrest.


tombstone

True, there's no harm in crying for one's husband, and the tombstone, though plain, was a solid piece of work, and on summer's days when the widow brought her boys to stand there one felt kindly towards her.

1922, Virginia Woolf, chapter 2, in Jacob's Room:

A grave marker, a stone slab or similar object marking a person's grave.

(cardiology) An unusual morphological feature on an electrocardiogram indicative of acute myocardial infarction, characterized by a massive ST elevation.


tombstone

en-verb

tombstone (third-person singular simple present tombstones, present participle tombstoning, simple past and past participle tombstoned)

tombstones (present singular third-person)
tombstoning (participle present)
tombstoned (participle past)
tombstoned (past)

(UK, intransitive) To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.


tachycardia

en-noun

tachycardia (countable and uncountable, plural tachycardias)

From New Latin tachycardia, from Ancient Greek ταχύς (takhús, “swift”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”), analysable as tachy- + -cardia; compare French tachycardie.

The heart becomes irritable, there is nervous palpitation, or attacks of paroxysmal tachycardia.

1896 June, E[dwin] M. Hale, “The Heart at the Beginning and Ending of the Menstrual Life: Reprinted from the Hahnemannian Monthly, June, 1896”, in The Hahnemannian Monthly, Philadelphia, Pa.: Homœopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, →OCLC, page 1:

Tachycardias of all types reduce the cardiac output if the rate is high enough. […] The main difference between the tachycardias as regards the reduction of cardiac output is the rate at which they cause a significant reduction of cardiac output, and this depends on the type of tachycardia.

1988, G.M. Woerlee, “Cardiac Arrhythmias – General”, in Common Perioperative Problems and the Anaesthetist (Developments in Critical Care Medicine and Anaesthesiology), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →DOI, →ISBN, page 123:

Tachycardia is defined as a FHR [fetal heart rate] above 160 bpm that lasts for at least 10 minutes. Tachycardia represents increased sympathetic and decreased parasympathetic autonomic tone and, therefore, is generally associated with a normal loss of FHR baseline variability[…].

2003, Rebecca L. Cypher, Donna Adelsperger, Keiko L. Torgersen, “Interpretation of Fetal Heart Rate Patterns”, in Nancy Feinstein, Keiko L. Torgersen, Jana Atterbury, editors, Fetal Heart Monitoring: Principles and Practices, 3rd edition, Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt, →ISBN, page 117:

With atrial tachycardia, the atria of the heart beats abnormally fast. Though often unpleasant for the patient, an atrial tachycardia is typically not fatal. However, some tachycardia, particularly ventricular tachycardia, can trigger ventricular fibrillation wherein the heart beats chaotically resulting in little or no net flow of blood from the heart to the brain and organs.

2013, “Therapies and Treatments”, in Q. Ashton Acton, editor, Tachycardia: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional, Atlanta, Ga.: ScholarlyEditions, published 2013, →ISBN, page 235:

(medicine, cardiology) A rapid resting heart rate, especially one above 100 beats per minute.


ischaemic

en-adj

ischaemic (comparative more ischaemic, superlative most ischaemic)

more ischaemic (comparative)
most ischaemic (superlative)

(pathology, cardiology) British English spelling of ischemic


bradycardia

en-noun

bradycardia (countable and uncountable, plural bradycardias)

From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow”) + καρδία (kardía, “heart”), equivalent to brady- + -cardia.

(medicine, cardiology) The condition of having a slow heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult.


ectopic

From Ancient Greek ἐκτόπιος (ektópios, “away from a place, out of place, out of the way”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + -topic τόπος (tópos, “place”).


QRS complex

(medicine, cardiology) A series of graphical deflections on a typical electrocardiogram that represents the electrical changes generated by the depolarization of the heart ventricles.


myocardial ischaemia

The loss of blood flow to a part of the heart muscle tissue.


endocarditis

en-noun

endocarditis (countable and uncountable, plural endocarditides or endocarditises)

endocarditides (plural)
endocarditises (plural)

(pathology, cardiology) An inflammation of the endocardium and sometimes also the heart valves.


defibrillator

(cardiology) An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart.


myocarditis

myocarditis (countable and uncountable, plural myocardites or myocarditides or myocarditises)

myocardites (plural)
myocarditides (plural)
myocarditises (plural)

(pathology, cardiology) Inflammation of the myocardium.


BBB

BBB (countable and uncountable, plural BBBs)

bundle branch block
bundle branch block#English

(cardiology) Initialism of bundle branch block.


catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (uncountable)

(medicine, genetic disorders, cardiology) An inherited genetic disorder that predisposes those affected to potentially life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms or arrhythmias.


occluder

(medicine, cardiology) A catheter-delivered device that blocks a hole in the wall of a heart, often having an umbrella-type design and folded up until the catheter arrives at the area of the defect in the heart. Once in place the occluder is unfolded on both sides of the defect so that pressure from both sides keeps it in place.


myocardial

(cardiology) Relating to the myocardium, the thick muscular wall of the heart.


ischæmia

(cardiology, pathology) Obsolete spelling of ischemia.


coronary artery

coronary artery (plural coronary arteries)

(anatomy, cardiology) An artery arising from aorta.

coronary arteries
left coronary artery
right coronary artery


MR

MR (countable and uncountable, plural MRs)

mitral regurgitation
w:mitral regurgitation

(cardiology) Initialism of mitral regurgitation.


myocardial infarct

myocardial infarct (plural myocardial infarcts)

(cardiology, pathology) Synonym of myocardial infarction


tombstoning

(British) The practice of jumping into the sea or similar body of water from a cliff or other high point such that the jumper enters the water vertically straight, like a tombstone.

(electronics) An unwanted effect in the manufacture of electronic circuit boards, in which a component stands up on end instead of lying flat.

Grabsteineffekt

unwanted effect in which a component stands up on end

(medicine) A tombstone pattern on an electrocardiogram.


escape rhythm

(cardiology) A heart rhythm that is initiated at places other than the sinus node.


pericarditis

pericarditis (countable and uncountable, plural pericarditides or pericardites)

pericarditides (plural)
pericardites (plural)

(cardiology, pathology) Inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane that surrounds the heart.

اِلْتِهَاب التَّأْمُور

inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane that surrounds the heart


ventricular fibrillation

ventricular fibrillation (usually uncountable, plural ventricular fibrillations)

(cardiology) An abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver instead of pumping normally.

رجفان بطيني

condition where cardiac muscle is contracted irregularly and rapidly


ST

ST (countable and uncountable, plural STs)

(steam): → French: ST

(euphemistic) Initialism of sanitary towel.

[S]tudents in their first year believe that source text and target text should be identical in content, that the TT should be a reproduction of the ST in another language, and that the TT should read well and be understandable.

2004, Christina Schäffner, edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 119:

(translation studies) Initialism of source text.


ST

en-verb

ST (third-person singular simple present STs, present participle STing, simple past and past participle STed)

STs (present singular third-person)
STing (participle present)
STed (participle past)
STed (past)

To act as a game master (GM) in a tabletop role-playing game, especially any of the games produced by White Wolf.


ischemic

en-adj

ischemic (comparative more ischemic, superlative most ischemic)

more ischemic (comparative)
most ischemic (superlative)

Dr. Salazar was a fast talker, devoid of personality. Lolly's vitals had stabilised, she said. Her stroke was ischemic, caused by a clot rather than a rupture. She'd come in exhibiting classic symptoms: weakness on her left side, double vision, aphasia.
"What's aphasia?" I said.
"A disconnect between what the patient's trying to say and what's being communicated. For instance, Louella thinks to herself, I'm thirsty. I want more ice chips. But when she verbalises it, it comes out as gibberish."

2008, Wally Lamb, The Hour I First Believed, Ch.3, at p.59

(pathology) Characteristic of, or accompanied by, ischemia — localised anaemia due to mechanical obstruction of the blood supply, creating a local disturbance in blood circulation.

isquèmic

characteristic of, or accompanied by ischemia


coronary artery disease

(pathology, cardiology) Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.


EF

ejection fraction
ejection fraction#English

(medicine, cardiology) Initialism of ejection fraction.


heart valve

(anatomy, cardiology) Any of the valves in the heart which prevent blood from moving in the wrong direction.


heart rate monitor

en-noun

heart rate monitor (plural heart rate monitors)

A wearable device that allows a user to measure their heart rate in real time, usually consisting of a chest strap transmitter and a wrist receiver.


heart rate

heart rate (countable and uncountable, plural heart rates)

The number of heartbeats per unit of time, usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.


cor pulmonale

Borrowed from New Latin cor pulmōnāle (literally “pulmonary heart”).

bor+

(pathology) A change in structure and function of the right ventricle of the heart as a result of a respiratory disorder.

cœur pulmonaire

change in heart structure due to respiratory disorder


VF

Coordinate term: VT

ventricular fibrillation
ventricular fibrillation#English

(cardiology) Initialism of ventricular fibrillation.


bundle of His

Named for Swiss cardiologist Wilhelm His, Jr., who discovered the function of these cells in 1893.

(medicine, cardiology) Specialized heart muscle cells that transmit electrical impulses from the AV node in the heart to the muscle cells of the heart wall, which contract in response producing the heart beat.

eteis-kammiokimppu

specialized bundle of heart muscle cells


arrhythmogenic

en-adj

arrhythmogenic (comparative more arrhythmogenic, superlative most arrhythmogenic)

more arrhythmogenic (comparative)
most arrhythmogenic (superlative)

Catecholamines have an arrhythmogenic effect.

(cardiology, pharmacology) Relating to arrhythmogenesis


cardioprotection

(cardiology) The prevention, delay or reduction of myocardial injury, especially that caused by ischemia


interventional

Even some interventional cardiologists have expressed concern about the many patients without symptoms who are treated surgically.

2009 January 6, Jane E. Brody, “More Isn’t Always Better in Coronary Care”, in New York Times:

coronary intervention
coronary intervention

(cardiology) Specializing in coronary intervention


A-H conduction time

(medicine, cardiology) The time between the start of the first high frequency component of the atrial electrocardiogram to the first high frequency component of the His bundle electrocardiogram, normally 92ms ± 38 ms.


hyperacute

hyperacute (comparative more hyperacute, superlative most hyperacute)

more hyperacute (comparative)
most hyperacute (superlative)

ST-elevation myocardial infarction
ST-elevation myocardial infarction

(medicine, of T waves on ECGs) Tall-amplitude and asymmetrically peaked, often as an early finding in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.


normotensive

normotensive (comparative more normotensive, superlative most normotensive)

more normotensive (comparative)
most normotensive (superlative)

1986, January, MC Houston, "Sodium and hypertension. A review". Archives of Internal Medicine 146 (1): 179–185, 1986;146(1):179-185. doi:10.1001/archinte.1986.00360130217028.
Abnormal sodium metabolism may be critical in the causation of certain forms of hypertension... These high-risk patients in whom subsequent hypertension may be prevented include normotensive patients with family histories of hypertension...

(medicine, cardiology) Having normal blood pressure.


annuloplasty

(cardiology) Surgical repair of the annular aspect of a cardiac valve.


HRV

en-noun

HRV (countable and uncountable, plural HRVs)

heart rate variability
w:heart rate variability

(uncountable, medicine, cardiology) Initialism of heart rate variability.


AMI

(cardiology) Initialism of acute myocardial infarction.


normotension

(medicine, cardiology) Blood pressure that is within the normal range.


PAT

PAT (countable and uncountable, plural PATs)

paroxysmal atrial tachycardia
paroxysmal atrial tachycardia#English

(cardiology) Initialism of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia.


torsades de pointes

From French torsader (“to twist”), de (“of”), and pointe (“a(n ECG) spike”), from the characteristic/classic appearance of the associated electrocardiogram image of a turning of the QRS complex's orientation around the isoelectric baseline (namely peaks which are at first f.e. pointing up are progressively seen to be diminishing in height and then pointing further and further down for subsequent heartbeats); term coined by the French physician François Dessertenne in 1966.

ventricular tachycardia
ventricular tachycardia

sudden cardiac death
sudden cardiac death

(cardiology) A polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, predisposing to sudden cardiac death and more likely to occur during prolongations of the QT interval.


cardiograph

cardiographe

an instrument which, placed in contact with the chest, graphically registers the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements


congenital heart defect

congenital heart defect (plural congenital heart defects)

congenital heart defects (plural)
CHD (abbreviation)

(pathology, cardiology) A defect in the structure of the heart and great vessels present at birth.


P wave

(medicine, cardiology) A wave on an electrocardiogram that represents the electrical changes generated by the depolarization of the atria.


Purkinje fiber

Named after Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869).

named-after

(anatomy, cardiology) One of a group of fibers in the heart, consisting of specialized cardiomyocytes, that allow the heart's conduction system to create synchronized contractions of its ventricles and thus maintain a consistent rhythm.


siderophage

A macrophage that has absorbed iron-containing particles, occurring in victims of certain kinds of heart attacks.


holiday heart syndrome

Sometimes associated with binge drinking during the holiday season. Coined in 1978.

(medicine, cardiology) A usually temporary irregular heartbeat in individuals who are otherwise healthy.


tachyarrhythmia

en-noun

tachyarrhythmia (countable and uncountable, plural tachyarrhythmias)


rubeosis iridis

A medical condition in which new, abnormal blood vessels are found on the surface of the iris in the eye.


heart disease

heart disease (countable and uncountable, plural heart diseases)

a disease which affects the functions of the heart.


bileaflet

preoperative imaging before mitral valve repair for bileaflet prolapse

(medicine, cardiology) Affecting two leaflets; especially, affecting both leaflets of the mitral valve.


bileaflet

(medicine, cardiology, sometimes attributive) A kind of prosthetic heart valve characterized by two semicircular leaflets.


AHS

athletic heart syndrome
w:athletic heart syndrome

(cardiology, medicine) Initialism of athletic heart syndrome.


xenopericardium

(anatomy, cardiology) Pericardial tissue of non-self origin.


tetralogy of Fallot

tetralogy of Fallot (countable and uncountable, plural tetralogies of Fallot)

Named after Arthur Fallot (1850–1911), French physician.

(pathology) A congenital heart defect, characterised by the four findings of ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, right ventricular hypertrophy and an overriding aorta.


electrocardiology

The study of the electrical activity of the heart


tachydysrhythmia

tachydysrhythmia (usually uncountable, plural tachydysrhythmias)

(medicine, cardiology) A fast (> 100 bpm) and abnormal heart rhythm; tachyarrhythmia.


telecardiological

(cardiology) Relating to telecardiology.


vasa previa

The condition of fetal blood vessels crossing directly in front of the cervix opening (i.e. the birth canal)


Heyde's syndrome

Named after Edward C. Heyde, who first noted the association in 1958.

(gastroenterology, cardiology) The syndrome of gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia in the presence of aortic stenosis.


ST elevation

(medicine) A finding on an echocardiogram where the ST segment is raised above the baseline in one or more leads, associated with conditions such as myocardial infarction and acute pericarditis.


cardiosuppression

The suppression of normal heart activity


infrahisian

International scientific vocabulary, from infra- + hisian = infra- + His + -ian.

(anatomy, physiology, medicine, cardiology) Beneath (inferior to) the bundle of His.


hisian

From His + -ian, after Swiss-born cardiologist and anatomist Wilhelm His Jr..

(anatomy, physiology, medicine, cardiology) Relating to the bundle of His.


cardiomyositis

(pathology, cardiology) Synonym of myocarditis


heart murmur

heart murmur (countable and uncountable, plural heart murmurs)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-heart murmur.wav

(medicine) A sound produced when blood is pumped across a heart valve, loud enough to be heard with a stethoscope and often (but not necessarily) indicative of a physiological defect in the heart.


sudden arrhythmic death syndrome

sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (uncountable)

(medicine, cardiology) Sudden unexpected death of adolescents and adults, mainly during sleep, and sometimes associated with heart disease or channelopathy.


FFR

iFR

instantaneous wave-free ratio; instant flow reserve

fractional flow reserve
fractional flow reserve#English

(cardiology) Abbreviation of fractional flow reserve.

iFR

instant flow reserve; instantaneous wave-free ratio


RCM

restrictive cardiomyopathy
restrictive cardiomyopathy#English

(cardiology) Initialism of restrictive cardiomyopathy.


HCM

HCM (countable and uncountable, plural HCMs)

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy#English

(cardiology) Initialism of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.


DCM

DCM (countable and uncountable, plural DCMs)

dilated cardiomyopathy
dilated cardiomyopathy#English

(cardiology) Initialism of dilated cardiomyopathy.


Holter monitor

Named after Norman Holter (1914–1983), American biophysicist.

(medicine) A portable device for continuously monitoring the electrical activity of the heart, usually for 24 hours or more.


pentalogy of Fallot

pentalogy of Fallot (countable and uncountable, plural pentalogies of Fallot)

atrial septal defect
atrial septal defect

(pathology) A congenital heart defect in which a tetralogy of Fallot presents with an additional patent foramen ovale or atrial septal defect.


tetrad of Fallot

tetrad of Fallot (countable and uncountable, plural tetrads of Fallot)

tetralogy of Fallot
tetralogy of Fallot#English

(rare, pathology) The tetralogy of Fallot.


STEMI

Coordinate term: NSTEMI

The 10-year study was of 300,000 heart attack patients with a Stemi (ST-elevation myocardial infarction) – a heart attack caused by a complete blockage of a coronary artery. Stemis account for 25-40% of heart attack cases in Europe.

2016 January 6, “Heart patients 'twice as likely' to get life-saving stents in 24/7 hospitals”, in The Guardian:

myocardial infarction
myocardial infarction#English

(medicine) Acronym of ST elevation myocardial infarction.


NSTEMI

Coordinate term: STEMI

Heart attacks can be broken down into two main types: Stemi and Nstemi. A Stemi attack occurs when there is a total blockage of the coronary artery that supplies the heart muscle with oxygenated blood. The more common Nstemi type of heart attack involves a partial blockage of one or more arteries. Both result in serious damage to the heart muscle.

2016 August 30, “Women 50% more likely to be misdiagnosed after heart attack – study”, in The Guardian:

(medicine) Acronym of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction.


IHSS

(cardiology) Initialism of idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis.


LVH

(cardiology) Initialism of left ventricular hypertrophy.


RVH

(cardiology) Initialism of right ventricular hypertrophy.


pseudoinfarction

myocardial infarction
myocardial infarction

(cardiology) Any condition which imitates the characteristics of an acute myocardial infarction, especially in its pattern on an electrocardiogram.


P mitrale

From P (“P wave”) + New Latin mitrāle, neuter singular of mitrālis (“relating to a mitre; mitral”), from mītra (“mitre”) + -ālis. So named because it often appears as a consequence of mitral valve disease.

(cardiology) A broad and bifid P wave on an electrocardiogram, most commonly observed in lead II, usually caused by enlargement of the left atrium.


P pulmonale

From P (“P wave”) + New Latin pulmōnāle, neuter singular of pulmōnālis (“relating to the lungs; pulmonary”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ālis. So named because it often appears as a consequence of pulmonary disease.

(cardiology) A high, narrow and peaked P wave on an electrocardiogram, most commonly observed in leads II and III, usually caused by enlargement of the right atrium.


HFrEF

HFrEF (countable and uncountable, plural HFrEFs)

ejection fraction
ejection fraction#English

(medicine, cardiology) Initialism of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.


HFmrEF

HFmrEF (countable and uncountable, plural HFmrEFs)

(medicine, cardiology) Initialism of heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction.


HFpEF

HFpEF (countable and uncountable, plural HFpEFs)

(medicine, cardiology) Initialism of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.


LBBB

LBBB (countable and uncountable, plural LBBBs)

Coordinate term: RBBB

bundle branch block
bundle branch block#English

(cardiology) Initialism of left bundle branch block.


RBBB

RBBB (countable and uncountable, plural RBBBs)

Coordinate term: LBBB

(cardiology) Initialism of right bundle branch block.


HOCM

HOCM (countable and uncountable, plural HOCMs)

(cardiology) Initialism of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.


cardiogenic shock

cardiogenic shock (countable and uncountable, plural cardiogenic shocks)

(cardiology, pathology) A medical emergency resulting from reduced blood flow to the body caused by ventricular dysfunction.


intrahisian

From intra- + hisian = intra- + His + -ian.

intrahisian conduction delay

intrahisian block

We prospectively evaluated 46 patients who had intrahisian conduction delay. Twenty-three had a split His potential and 23 had a prolonged HV interval with a normal QRS complex.

1979, J.H. McAnulty, E. Murphy, S.H. Rahimtoola, “Prospective evaluation of intrahisian conduction delay”, in Circulation, volume 59, number 5, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1035–1039:

In this issue of HeartRhythm is a very interesting article by Ragupathi et al, who describe the natural history of patients with putative intrahisian atrioventricular (AV) block. The authors have nicely shown that although these patients often present with traumatic and very worrisome syncopal episodes, they seem to have a very low incidence of progression to complete AV block.

2018, Melvin M. Scheinman, “Progression of intrahisian atrioventricular block: Will this presage a renaissance of His-bundle studies?”, in Heart Rhythm, volume 15, number 9, →DOI, →PMID, page 1378:

(biology, medicine, cardiology) Within the bundle of His.


TdP

torsades de pointes
torsades de pointes#English

(cardiology) Initialism of torsades de pointes.


Bachmann's bundle

(medicine, cardiology) A branch of the anterior internodal tract that resides on the inner wall of the left atrium.


crochetage

(medicine, cardiology) A pattern on an electrocardiogram with a fancied resemblance to the work of a crochet needle; it is a notch near the apex of the R wave in inferior limb leads of atrial septal defects of the ostium secundum type (patent ostium secundum, that is, patent foramen secundum).


ejection fraction

ejection fraction (plural ejection fractions)

Isoproterenol produced vasodilatation and increased rate, with reduction of EDV and increase in ejection fraction in normal subjects.

1964 January 30, William C. Elliott, Francis J. Lane, Richard Gorlin, “Measurement of left ventricular volume in man by thermodilution”, in The American Journal of Cardiology, volume 13, number 1, page 106:

(cardiology) The proportion of blood ejected out of the left ventricle with each heartbeat.


IPAH

(medicine, cardiology) Initialism of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.


RRR

RRR (countable and uncountable, plural RRRs)

CV [cardiovascular] ¶ RRR; normal heart sounds; no murmurs, rubs, or gallops

2009, Kristen L. Longstreth, “Pulmonary Embolism”, in Terry L. Schinghammer, Julia M. Koehler, editors, Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, 7th edition, McGraw Hill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 62:

(cardiology) Acronym of regular rate and rhythm, used to describe the heartbeat of patient.


Eustachian valve

Eustachian valve (plural Eustachian valves)

(anatomy, cardiology) A crescent-shaped fold of the lining membrane of the heart at the entrance of the vena cava inferior.


pacemaker current

pacemaker current (plural pacemaker currents)

(cardiology, physiology) An electric current in the heart that flows through the HCN channel or pacemaker channel.


orthostatic hypotension

orthostatic hypotension (countable and uncountable, plural orthostatic hypotensions)

(medicine, cardiology) A form of hypotension that occurs when standing after a period of sitting or lying down.


T wave

(medicine, cardiology) A wave on an electrocardiogram that represents the electrical changes generated by the repolarization of the ventricles.


congenital heart disease

congenital heart disease (countable and uncountable, plural congenital heart diseases)

Advances in surgical treatment of congenital heart disease have contributed to the need of more accurate techniques for evaluating alterations in physiology of the circulation.

1951 March, J. H. Lehmann, A. D. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, J. Michel, D. M. Green, “Cardiac Catheterization—A Diagnostic Aid in Congenital Heart Disease”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 170:

congenital heart defect
congenital heart defect#English

(pathology, cardiology) Synonym of congenital heart defect.


paroxysmal atrial tachycardia

paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (plural paroxysmal atrial tachycardias)

(cardiology) An episode of arrhythmia that begins and ends abruptly.


atrial tachycardia

atrial tachycardia (plural atrial tachycardias)

(cardiology) A type of heart rhythm problem in which the heart's electrical impulse comes from an ectopic pacemaker in the upper chambers.


left ventricular ejection time

left ventricular ejection time (countable and uncountable, plural left ventricular ejection times)

left ventricular ejection times (plural)

(medicine, cardiology) The time interval from the moment of the opening of the aortic valve to the moment of its closure.


isovolumic relaxation time

isovolumic relaxation time (countable and uncountable, plural isovolumic relaxation times)

(medicine, cardiology) An interval in the cardiac cycle, from the aortic component of the second heart sound, to the onset of filling by opening of the mitral valve.


HV conduction time

HV conduction time (countable and uncountable, plural HV conduction times)

(medicine, cardiology) The amount of time from the commencement of the first high-frequency component of the bundle of His electrogram to the commencement of the ventricular electrogram.


P-A conduction time

(medicine, cardiology) The time from the onset of the P wave to the onset of the atrial electrogram, normally 27 ± 18 ms.


P-H conduction time

(medicine, cardiology) The time from the onset of the P wave to the first high-frequency component of the bundle of His electrogram, normally 119 ± 38 ms.


sinoatrial conduction time

sinoatrial conduction time (countable and uncountable, plural sinoatrial conduction times)

(medicine, cardiology) The amount of time from the activation of the sinus to local atrial activation in the region surrounding the sinoatrial node.


sinoatrial recovery time

sinoatrial recovery time (countable and uncountable, plural sinoatrial recovery times)

(medicine, cardiology) The time interval from the moment of the last paced P wave to the moment of the first succeeding spontaneous P wave, resulting from activation of the sinoatrial node.


mitral annulus

(anatomy, cardiology) A band of tissue to which the mitral valve leaflets are attached.


intra-atrial conduction time

intra-atrial conduction time (countable and uncountable, plural intra-atrial conduction times)

(medicine, cardiology) The amount of time between the beginning of the P wave in the surface ECG and the top of the A wave, as recorded from the tissue Doppler imaging from the left atrial free wall next to the mitral annulus.


A wave

(medicine, cardiology) A wave on an electrocardiogram representing the upward deflection in the right atrial pressure occurring during right atrial contraction.


Anrep effect

Named after Russian physiologist Gleb von Anrep, who described it in 1912.

(cardiology) An autoregulation method in which myocardial contractility increases with afterload.


Windkessel

From German, Wind (“wind”) + Kessel (“solid metal container, chamber”).

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(cardiology) A model that accounts for the shape of the arterial blood pressure waveform in terms of the interaction between the stroke volume and the compliance of the aorta and large elastic arteries ("Windkessel" vessels) and the resistance of the smaller arteries and arterioles.


hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

(cardiology) A condition where muscle tissue of the heart becomes enlarged.