Cardiology 3. Vocabulary
abnormal heart rhythm
accompany
acute coronary syndrome (ACS)
administer – administration
angina
anterior descending artery
antianginal drug (medication)
anti-platelets
arrhythmia
artery diameter
at rest
atherosclerosis
balloon angioplasty
beating rhythm
bike test
blood clot
blood flow
blood supply
brief episode
buildup
Ca channel blocker
cause (noun, verb)
central chest pain
chest pain
circumflex artery
clinical manifestation
classify – classification
contribute – contribution
coronary angiography
coronary artery
coronary artery bypass
coronary artery obstruction
coronary lesion
coronary vascular tone
cut off
decrease (noun, verb)
demand (noun, verb)
depress- depression - depressed
detect – detection – detectable
discomfort
dyspnea
ECG changes
elevate – elevation – elevated
epigastric pain
faintness
feeling of heaviness
functional test
get better
get worse
hard – harden – hardened
heart attack
heart damage
heart disease
heart failure
heart muscle
heart rhythm
heart workload
high cholesterol
high-density lipoproteins
holter monitoring
identify – identification
imbalance
improve - improvement
increase (noun, verb)
inner wall
interscapular pain
left-sided chest pain
low-cholesterol diet
low-density lipoproteins
low-fat diet
low-sodium diet
main coronary artery
manage – management – manageable
manifest - manifestation
mechanism
monitor - monitoring
myocardial infarction
myocardial ischemia
myocardial necrosis
narrow – narrowing - narrowed
nitrate
nitroglycerin
normal heart rhythm
obstruct – obstruction
on exertion
oxygen demand
oxygen supply
palpitation
perform – performance
permanent heart damage
physical activity
physical inactivity
plaque
precipitate – precipitation
predict – prediction – predictable
prinzmetal’s angina
radiate
reduce – reduction
register – registration
relief – relieve
right coronary artery
right marginal artery
spasm
squeeze – squeezing
ST segment
stable angina
stent – stenting
sublingual nitrate
sudden cardiac death
supply (noun, verb)
surgical option
sweat – sweating
tachycardia
temporary
tight – tightness
treadmill test
unstable angina
uselessness
variant angina
vascular tone
vasospasm
vertigo
weak – weaken
wide – widen
β-blocker