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| What is the abbreviation for brain natriuretic peptide? |
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| T or F: BNP is elevated in congestive heart failure |
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| What abbreviation means blood pressure? |
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| What is the abbreviation for coronary artery bypass grafting? |
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| What is the abbreviation for cornary artery disease? |
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| What abbreviation means coronary care unit? |
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| What is the abbreviation for catheterization? |
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| What is the abbreviation for congestive heart failure? |
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| What is the abbreviation for creatine kinase? |
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| released into the bloodstream after injury to heart or skeletal muscles |
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| abbreviation for coarctation of the aorta |
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| abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
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| Abbreviation for cardiac resynchronization therapy |
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| What type of therapy is used for biventricular pacing? |
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| Four abbreviations for cardiac troponin-I and cardiac troponin-T |
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| What is the abbreviation for cardiovascular? |
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| What abbreviation stands for drug-eluting stent? |
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| What abbreviation stands for digital subtraction angiography? |
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| What abbreviation stands for deep vein thrombosis? |
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| What abbreviation stands for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation? |
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| What two abbreviations stand for electrocardiography? |
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| What is the abbreviation for echocardiography? |
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| What abbreviation stands for ejection fraction? |
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| measure of the amount of blood that pumps out of the heart wih each beat |
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| abbreviation for electrophysiology study |
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| electrode catheters are inserted into veins and threaded into the heart and electrical conduction is measured--tachycardias are provoked and analyzed |
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| abbreviation for exercise tolerance test |
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| abbreviation for exercise tolerance test combined with a radioactive tracer sestamibi scan |
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| abbreviation for high density lipoprotein |
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High levels of HDL are associated with:
a) high incidence of CAD
b) lower incidence of CAD
c) coronary artery disease
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e) myocardial infarction |
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