Adult Cardiology Glossary

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

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

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

Sudden, temporary narrowing of a coronary artery due to smooth muscle contraction, potentially causing ischemia.

Abnormal relaxation or filling of the left ventricle during the resting phase of the cardiac cycle.

The characteristic pattern of ventricular filling assessed by echocardiographic evaluation of mitral inflow velocities.

Heart failure characterized by impaired ventricular relaxation and filling despite preserved ejection fraction.

A hemodynamic parameter representing coronary perfusion pressure during diastole, calculated from aortic pressure measur...

Impaired function of coronary vessels smaller than 500 micrometers, not visible on standard angiography.

Surgical repair technique for mitral regurgitation involving placement of an annular ring to restore normal mitral valve...

New York Heart Association functional classification system rating heart failure symptoms from Class I (no symptoms) to...

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

Pharmacologic stress testing using medications like adenosine or dipyridamole to assess coronary blood flow and detect i...

Chest pain caused by coronary artery spasm rather than fixed atherosclerotic obstruction.