a or an

angio

anti

arter

bacteri

baro

brachi

brady

bronchi

bi

cardio

-cardium

-cephalic

cephalo

chondro

cyano

-cytes

cyto

dermato

dys

encephalo

erythro

-gram

-graph

-graphy

hemat

hemo

hepat

hyper

hypo

inter

intra

-itis

leuko

-logy

-megaly

-metry

mono

myo

necro

-oma

-osis

patho

-pathy

peri

phleb

pneumo

-pnea

post

pre

pulmo

sinus

steno

sub

tachy

thorac

thrombo

vaso

ven

PRN/prn

pt/Pt

MI

ecg/ekg/ECG/EKG

qid/QID

CVA

npo/NPO

DOA

Dx/dx

stat/STAT

tid/TID

qd/QD

q/Q

an abnormally rapid heart rate

abnormally slow heart rate

severe pain in the chest

the main/largest artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system

the series of events from the beginning of one heart beat to the next

the thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries

having the effect of retarding or inhibiting the coagulation of the blood

the narrowest/lower tip of the heart

the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle contracts

the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes

an excessive localized enlargement of an artery caused by a weakening of the artery wall

CHF

one of two large chambers toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood received from the upper chambers

abnormally low blood pressure

narrowing of the aortic valve opening; restricts the blood flow

difficult, painful or labored breathing

the amount of blood the heart pumps through the circulatory system in a minute

each of the two upper cavities of the heart