endocardial
Inner heart surface
Endocardial means relating to or affecting the endocardium—the thin membrane lining the interior chambers of the heart.
The term appears in medical contexts describing conditions, procedures, or structures involving this inner heart surface: endocardial biopsy, endocardial cushion defect, endocardial mapping.
anatomy
Cells lining blood vessels
- atriumRoofed central hall
- ventricleHollow organ chamber
- septumInternal anatomical partition
- chordae tendineaeValve-anchoring cardiac cords
diagnostic
Ultrasound of the heart
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- electrocardiogramHeart's electrical activity record
- angiogramBlood vessel X-ray
pathology
Collective plant life
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
- emboliCirculating vascular obstructions
- blood cultureTest for pathogens in circulation
treatment
Installing new heart flap
- pacemakerDevice regulating heartbeat
- bioprosthesisImplant from biological tissue
- anticoagulantSubstance preventing blood clots
endothelium
Cells lining blood vessels
echocardiogram
Ultrasound of the heart
- catheterizationMedical tube insertion procedure
- electrocardiogramHeart's electrical activity record
- angiogramBlood vessel X-ray
vegetations
Collective plant life
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
- emboliCirculating vascular obstructions
- blood cultureTest for pathogens in circulation
valve replacement
Installing new heart flap
- pacemakerDevice regulating heartbeat
- bioprosthesisImplant from biological tissue
- anticoagulantSubstance preventing blood clots
cardiac layer position
endocardialepicardial
Upon the heart's surface
pericardial · myocardial · external · outer