thrill
A palpable vibration on the chest wall caused by turbulent blood flow, typically from severe valve disease or shunt.
anticoagulation
Therapeutic intervention using medications to prevent blood clot formation, critical in cardiac patient management docum...
chronotropic incompetence
The inability of the heart rate to increase appropriately in response to increased metabolic demand during exercise.
collateral circulation
Alternative blood flow pathways that develop to bypass occluded coronary arteries, providing blood supply to ischemic my...
conductance catheter
A specialized catheter that measures real-time ventricular volume and pressure using electrical conductance principles.
coronary artery disease
A condition where the coronary arteries become narrowed or blocked due to atherosclerotic plaque buildup.
coronary steal
A phenomenon where vasodilation of normal coronary arteries diverts blood flow away from areas supplied by stenotic vess...
GRACE score
A validated risk assessment tool predicting mortality in patients with acute coronary syndromes.
ischemic preconditioning
A protective mechanism whereby brief episodes of ischemia make the myocardium more resistant to subsequent prolonged isc...
percutaneous coronary intervention
A minimally invasive procedure to open blocked coronary arteries using a catheter-based approach, commonly known as angi...
syncope
Transient loss of consciousness due to cerebral hypoperfusion, requiring careful differential diagnosis documentation in...