Cardiac Anesthesia Glossary

Activated clotting time, a point-of-care test measuring blood coagulation status during cardiac surgery requiring antico...

Pharmacological or mechanical decrease in the resistance against which the heart must pump, typically achieved with vaso...

pH management strategy during hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass that maintains uncorrected arterial pH at 7.40.

Delivery of cardioplegic solution through the coronary arteries in the normal direction of blood flow.

The surgical insertion of a cannula into the ascending aorta to establish arterial inflow for cardiopulmonary bypass.

The surgical technique of temporarily occluding the ascending aorta to isolate the heart during cardiac surgery.

A measure of arterial stiffness representing the change in aortic pressure per unit change in stroke volume.

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

The retrograde flow of blood through an incompetent aortic valve during diastole, visualized on echocardiography as a co...

The percentage of stroke volume that regurgitates back through an incompetent aortic valve during diastole.

Placement of a catheter or needle in the aortic root to remove air and blood during cardiac procedures.

The pressure difference across a stenotic aortic valve, measured as peak or mean gradient.

Antifibrinolytic agent historically used to reduce bleeding during cardiac surgery but withdrawn due to safety concerns.

Loss of accurate arterial pressure waveform fidelity due to air bubbles, clots, or kinked tubing in the monitoring syste...

The process of collecting, processing, and reinfusing a patient's own blood during or after cardiac surgery to reduce al...

The property affecting cardiac excitability; positive bathotropy increases excitability while negative bathotropy reduce...

Bispectral index monitoring system that measures brain electrical activity to assess depth of anesthesia.

Cardiac output normalized to body surface area, expressed in liters per minute per square meter.

A solution used to induce cardiac arrest during heart surgery to protect the myocardium.

Deliberate cessation of cardiac electrical and mechanical activity using high-potassium solution to protect the myocardi...

The apparatus and tubing used to deliver cardioplegic solution to the myocardium during cardiac surgery for myocardial p...

A specialized preservation fluid used to induce cardiac arrest and protect the myocardium during cardiac surgery procedu...

A surgical technique that temporarily diverts blood circulation away from the heart and lungs during cardiac procedures.

The total burden of particulate matter and gaseous emboli delivered to the cerebral circulation during cardiac surgery p...