| CWI | cardiac work index |
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| DCBF | dyamic cardiac blood flow |
| DEFIANT | Doppler Flow and Echocardiography in Functional Cardiac Insufficiency Assessment of Nisoldipine Ther... |
| ECM | electronic claims management; embryonic chick muscle; erythema chronicum migrans; experimental cereb... |
| ECP | ectrodactyly-cleft palate [syndrome]; effector cell precursor; endocardial potential; eosinophil cat... |
| external cardiac massage | Rhythmic compression of the heart between sternum and spine by depressing the lower sternum backward with the heels of the hands, the patient lying supine. Synonym: external cardiac massage. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 24-hour cardiac monitor | <apparatus> A recording device, worn by the patient for the purpose of monitoring the hearts rhythm and rate, over a period of 24 hours. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lymphatic ring of cardiac part of stomach | A group of lymph nodes surrounding the cardia of the stomach. Synonym: annulus lymphaticus cardiae, cardiac lymphatic ring. (05 Mar 2000) |