| DVR | digital vascular reactivity; Doctor of Veterinary Radiology; double valve replacement; double ventri... |
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| EMVC | early mitral valve closure |
| ESV | end-systolic volume; esophageal valve |
| EV | electronic vehicle; emergency vehicle; enterovirus; epidermodysplasia verruciformis; estradiol valer... |
| FAV | facio-auriculovertebral [sequence]; feline ataxia virus; floppy aortic valve; fowl adenovirus |
| venous heart | <anatomy> The right side, including both the atrium and ventricle, of the heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| ventricles of heart | One of the two lower chambers of the heart. Synonym: ventriculus cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| parchment heart | A congenital or acquired condition in which there is thinning of the right ventricular myocardium. Synonym: right ventricular hypoplasia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vertical heart | Loosely descriptive of the heart's electrical axis when this is directed at approximately +90 |
| partial heart block | Impulses penetrate the atrioventricular junction in some relation to the ventricular rate. Synonym: incomplete atrioventricular block. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mechanical alternation of the heart | A disorder in which contractions of the heart are regular but are alternately stronger and weaker. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mechanical heart | Term loosely applied to any mechanical circulatory assist device. (05 Mar 2000) |
| globular heart | Abnormally smooth arcuate contours of the heart due either to disease of the ventricles or to a false cardiac appearance produced by excessive pericardial fluid. Synonym: globular heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vortex of heart | A spiral arrangement of muscular fibres at the apex of the heart. Synonym: vortex cordis, whorl. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pendulous heart | An extreme form of cor mobile in which the heart appears to be suspended by the great vessels. Synonym: pendulous heart. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chaotic heart | Apparently totally uncoordinated cardiac action or rhythm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rheumatic heart disease | The most important manifestation of and sequel to rheumatic fever, i.e., any cardiac involvement in rheumatic fever. (12 Dec 1998) |
| rheumatism of the heart | Rheumatic cardiac valvular disease, most often of the mitral and aortic valves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| chick heart fibroblast | <cell culture> The cells that emigrate from an explant of embryonic chick heart maintained in culture. Often used as archetypal normal cell. (05 Jan 1998) |
| right atrium of heart | Right atrium, the atrium of the right side of the heart which receives the blood from the venae cavae and coronary sinus. Synonym: atrium dextrum cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |