All About Heart And Blood Vessels

IABP IABP: Intra-aortic Balloon Pump, used to augment the aortic blood flow by inflating a long balloon in the descending thoracic aorta in diastole. The device can be

Pulse oximetry Pulse oximetry: Monitoring of oxygen saturation of capillary blood using a non-invasive probe attached to the finger or ear lobe.

Torsades des pointes Torsades des pointes: Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia with prolongation of QT interval. The tachycardia complexes appear to “twist around a point”.

NSVT NSVT: Non-sustained Ventricular Tachycardia, lasting less than 30 seconds.

PMVT PMVT: Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia.

MMVT MMVT: Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia.

PSVT PSVT: Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia.

SVPC SVPC: Supraventricular Premature Complex, an ectopic beat originating above the ventricle.

VPC VPC: Ventricular Premature Complex, an ectopic beat originating from the ventricle.

Truncus arteriosus Truncus arteriosus: Single great vessel arising from the left ventricle which gives rise to aorta and pulmonary artery (abnormal vessel seen in congenital heart disease only).