Adult Cardiology Glossary

Procedure to remove fluid from the pericardial space using needle aspiration or catheter drainage.

Elevated pressure in the pulmonary arteries, defined as mean pulmonary artery pressure ≥20 mmHg at rest.

A form of heart muscle disease characterized by rigid ventricular walls that restrict cardiac filling despite normal con...

Advanced ultrasound technique that tracks natural acoustic markers in myocardial tissue to measure regional and global c...

A type of heart attack characterized by complete blockage of a coronary artery, identifiable by specific electrocardiogr...

Acute, reversible cardiomyopathy triggered by emotional or physical stress, characterized by transient left ventricular...

Acute, reversible heart muscle dysfunction typically triggered by emotional or physical stress.

A repeat intervention on the same coronary vessel previously treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.

A standardized grading system for coronary blood flow used in cardiac catheterization procedures.

An ultrasound imaging technique performed by inserting a probe into the esophagus to obtain detailed images of cardiac s...

A non-invasive ultrasound examination of the heart performed by placing the probe on the chest wall.

The physiological interaction between right and left ventricles through shared septal wall and pericardial space.

Congenital heart defect characterized by an abnormal opening in the wall separating the right and left ventricles, causi...

Rapid heart rhythm originating from the ventricles, typically defined as ≥3 consecutive ventricular beats at rate >100 b...