Medical Terminology Cardiovascular System Medical Terms Part 1

Without blood (describe a lack of red blood cells)

• atrophy

• anemia

• bradycardia

• hematocrit

The process of recording pictures of heart and vessels

• athrosclerosis

• atrioventricular

• angiocardiography

• arteriosclerosis

Tumor of a vessel

• ateriorrhexis

• angioma

• aortogram

• atherectomy

Surgical repair of a vessel

• angioplasty

• atherectomy

• cardiodynia

• cardioplasty

Picture (x-ray) of the aorta

• tachycardia

• angioplasty

• aortogram

• arteriosclerosis

Rupture of an artery

• arteriorrhexis

• angioplasty

• angioma

• atherectomy

A condition of hardening (blood vessels) due to fatty plaque

• arterioplasty

• arteriosclerosis

• atherosclerosis

• angiorrhexis

The removal of fatty plaque

• atherectomy

• atheroplasty

• atherorrhexis

• athergram

A condition of hardening (blood vessels) due to fatty plaque

• angioplasty

• angioplasty

• atherosclerosis

• atheroplasty

Pertaining to the atria and the ventricles

• aorta

• conduction system

• atrioventricular

• posteriorventricle