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May 20, 2013

Heart Valve Disease Glossary of Terms

The following are health and medical definitions of terms that appear in the Heart Valve Disease article.

Abdomen: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Abnormal: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Acquired: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Angiogram: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Annulus: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Antibiotic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aorta: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aortic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aortic regurgitation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aortic stenosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Aortic valve: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Artery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Atria: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Atrium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bacteria: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Bacterial: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Belly: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bicuspid: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Bicuspid aortic valve: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood clots: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Blood pressure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cardiac: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cardiologist: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Cardiomyopathy: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Chest: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Circulation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Congenital: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Connective tissue: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Contraction: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Coronary artery disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Dilate: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Dizziness: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Echocardiography: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Edema: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Endocarditis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Fever: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart attack: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart failure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart muscle: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Heart valves: See the definition from MedTerms.com

High blood pressure: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Hypertension: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Infection: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Left atrium: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Lungs: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Magnetic resonance imaging: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mitral regurgitation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mitral valve: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Mitral valve prolapse: See the definition from MedTerms.com

MRI: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Murmur: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Muscle: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Palpitations: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Percutaneous: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulmonary: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Pulmonary artery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radiation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Radionuclide: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Regurgitation: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Rheumatic fever: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sexually transmitted disease: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Shortness of breath: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sleep: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sore: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Sore throat: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Stenosis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Stenotic: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Strep: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgeon: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Surgery: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Symptom: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Syphilis: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tear: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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Throat: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Transesophageal echocardiography: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Tricuspid: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Vasodilators: See the definition from MedTerms.com

Ventricles: See the definition from MedTerms.com

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