cardiac
Pertaining to heartbeats
Cardiac is the go-to adjective for anything relating to the heart, particularly in medical contexts: cardiac arrest, cardiac surgery, cardiac muscle.
It appears in compound terms throughout medicine and anatomy.
Informally, cardiac can describe someone prone to heart trouble or anxiety about their heart health.
The noun form refers to a person with heart disease or, occasionally, a medicine that stimulates heart action.
Roofed central hall
- ventricleHollow organ chamber
- coronaryOf heart arteries
- valveFluid flow controller
- septumInternal anatomical partition
chamber · aorta · artery · vein · capillary · left · right · superior
Route that skirts obstacles
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- sternotomySurgical cut through breastbone
- valveFluid flow controller
- graftIllicit political gain
stent · angioplasty · catheterization · anastomosis · thoracic · surgeon · incision · suture
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
- fibrillationRapid irregular muscle contractions
- flutterRapid light movement
- sinusAir-filled cranial cavity
- irregularDeviating from normal patterns
regular · normal · abnormal · variability · palpitation · ectopic · pacemaker · P-wave
Ultrasound of the heart
- angiogramBlood vessel X-ray
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- imagingProducing visual representations
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
monitor · troponin · enzyme · biomarker · auscultation · perfusion · scan
Seize by law
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- CPREmergency revival technique
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- collapseSudden structural failure
shock · acute · lifesaving · paramedic · ambulance · 911 · triage · ER
Tissue necrosis from ischemia
- ischemiaInsufficient tissue blood supply
- stenosisAbnormal bodily narrowing
- hypertrophyTissue enlargement via cells
- atherosclerosisArterial plaque accumulation disease
angina · failure · congestive · congenital · murmur · regurgitation · prolapse · blockage
What something generates
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- pressureForce upon contact
- systoleHeart muscle contraction phase
diastole · perfusion · oxygenation · preload · afterload · contractility · venous · arterial
Cardiac rhythm medication
- anticoagulantSubstance preventing blood clots
- statinCholesterol-lowering pharmaceutical
- diureticUrine-promoting substance
- antiarrhythmicCorrects abnormal heart rhythms
vasodilator · digitalis · aspirin · nitroglycerine · warfarin · heparin
atrium
Roofed central hall
septum · chamber · aorta · artery · vein · capillary · left · right · superior · inferior
bypass
Route that skirts obstacles
- transplantMove tissue between bodies
- sternotomySurgical cut through breastbone
- valveFluid flow controller
graft · stent · angioplasty · catheterization · anastomosis · thoracic · surgeon · incision · suture · operating
arrhythmia
Abnormal cardiac rhythm
- fibrillationRapid irregular muscle contractions
- flutterRapid light movement
- sinusAir-filled cranial cavity
irregular · regular · normal · abnormal · variability · palpitation · ectopic · pacemaker · P-wave · interval
echocardiogram
Ultrasound of the heart
- angiogramBlood vessel X-ray
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- imagingProducing visual representations
ultrasound · monitor · troponin · enzyme · biomarker · auscultation · perfusion · scan
arrest
Seize by law
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- CPREmergency revival technique
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
collapse · shock · acute · lifesaving · paramedic · ambulance · 911 · triage · ER · intervention
infarction
Tissue necrosis from ischemia
- ischemiaInsufficient tissue blood supply
- stenosisAbnormal bodily narrowing
- hypertrophyTissue enlargement via cells
atherosclerosis · angina · failure · congestive · congenital · murmur · regurgitation · prolapse · blockage · thrombosis
output
What something generates
systole · diastole · perfusion · oxygenation · preload · afterload · contractility · venous · arterial
beta-blocker
Cardiac rhythm medication
- anticoagulantSubstance preventing blood clots
- statinCholesterol-lowering pharmaceutical
- diureticUrine-promoting substance
antiarrhythmic · vasodilator · digitalis · aspirin · nitroglycerine · warfarin · heparin
- cardiologyheart attack, heart failure, heart rate, heartbeat, heart valves
- medical adjectivessurgical, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory, diagnostic
- muscle conditionstoned, flexed, relaxed, tense, tight
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- blood/circulationartery, vein, blood, heart, pulse
- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, artery, veins, capillary
- cardiac arrestAbrupt cessation of circulation
- cardiac rhythmPattern of heartbeats
- cardiac arrhythmiaDisordered heart rhythm
- cardiac surgeonPhysician who operates on hearts
- cardiac careMedical treatment for hearts
- sudden cardiac arrestUnexpected total heart stoppage
cardiologist, cardiology, tachycardia, cardia, myocardial, myocardium, bradycardia, endocarditis, electrocardiogram