Adult Cardiology Glossary

Chemotherapy-induced heart muscle disease caused by anthracycline antibiotics, characterized by progressive left ventric...

Backward flow of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle during diastole due to incompetent aortic valve.

Narrowing of the aortic valve opening that restricts blood flow from the left ventricle to the aorta during systole.

A common cardiac arrhythmia characterized by irregular and often rapid beating of the atrial chambers of the heart.

A minimally invasive procedure using balloon dilation to treat stenotic heart valves.

A coronary artery stenosis occurring at or near the division of a main vessel into two branches.

A form of sick sinus syndrome characterized by alternating periods of bradycardia and tachycardia. Often requires pacema...

Conduction delay or block in the right or left bundle branches of the cardiac conduction system.

Coronary artery bypass grafting, a surgical procedure using grafts to reroute blood around blocked coronary arteries. Pr...

Laboratory marker that indicates myocardial injury, stress, or dysfunction in cardiovascular disease.

Blood-based molecules that are released during myocardial injury and used for diagnosis and risk stratification of acute...

An invasive diagnostic procedure involving insertion of catheters into the heart and coronary vessels to assess cardiac...

Cardiac output normalized to body surface area, typically measured in L/min/m².

The volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute, calculated as stroke volume multiplied by heart rate. Normal range i...

Device therapy using biventricular pacing to improve coordination of heart contractions in heart failure patients.

Life-threatening condition where fluid accumulation in the pericardial space compresses the heart, preventing normal fil...

Subspecialty focused on cardiovascular complications of cancer treatment and management of cardiac disease in cancer pat...

A comprehensive assessment that measures cardiac, pulmonary, and metabolic responses to graded exercise.

Inability of the heart rate to increase appropriately during exercise or stress.

The heart's ability to increase heart rate appropriately in response to increased metabolic demand or stress.

Creatine kinase-MB isoenzyme, a cardiac-specific enzyme released during myocardial injury. Less sensitive than troponin...

The highest level of clinical practice guideline recommendation, indicating strong evidence that a treatment is benefici...

Alternative coronary blood flow pathways that develop to bypass significant coronary artery obstructions.

Acute kidney injury following intravascular contrast media administration, typically occurring within 48-72 hours.