| IABP | Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump(Plasty) - Ix 1. Low Output Synd... |
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| BAS | balloon atrial septostomy; benzyl anti-serotinin; beta-adrenergic stimulation; boric acid solution |
| BCA | balloon catheter angioplasty; bicinchoninic acid; blood color analyzer; Blue Cross Association; bran... |
| BDA | balloon dilation angioplasty; British Dental Association |
| CBV | capillary blood cell velocity; catheter balloon valvuloplasty; central blood volume; cerebral blood ... |
| intra-aortic balloon pumping | Counterpulsation in which a pumping unit synchronised with the patient's electrocardiogram rapidly fills a balloon in the aorta with helium or carbon dioxide in early diastole and evacuates the balloon at the onset of systole. As the balloon inflates, it raises aortic diastolic pressure, and as it deflates, it lowers aortic systolic pressure. The result is a decrease in left ventricular work and increased myocardial and peripheral perfusion. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| laser-assisted balloon angioplasty | <cardiology, procedure> Techniques using laser energy in combination with a balloon catheter to perform angioplasty. These procedures can take several forms including: 1. Laser fibre delivering the energy while the inflated balloon centres the fibre and occludes the blood flow. 2. Balloon angioplasty immediately following laser angioplasty. 3. Laser energy transmitted through angioplasty balloons that contain an internal fibre. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Goodell's dilator | An obsolete term for a uterine dilator used for dilating the cervix. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Chevalier-Jackson dilator | An oesophageal dilator that passes through a rigid endoscope. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Walther's dilator | A gently curved instrument that tapers to an increased diameter, used to dilate the female urethra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Plummer's dilator | An instrument for dilating the lower end of the oesophagus in cardiospasm; it consists of a rubber tube with a perforated metal tip, and a dilatable elongated balloon near its lower end; in difficult cases the tube is threaded along a guiding thread swallowed by the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus dilator | <anatomy> A muscle which opens an orifice or dilates the lumen of an organ; it is the dilating or opening component of a pylorus (the other component is the sphincter muscle). Synonym: musculus dilatator, musculus dilator. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus dilator iridis | <anatomy> The radial muscular fibres extending from the sphincter pupillae to the ciliary margin; some anatomists regard them as elastic, not muscular, in humans. Synonym: musculus dilator pupillae, dilator iridis, dilator of pupil, musculus dilator iridis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus dilator naris | See: nasalis muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus dilator pupillae | <anatomy> The radial muscular fibres extending from the sphincter pupillae to the ciliary margin; some anatomists regard them as elastic, not muscular, in humans. Synonym: musculus dilator pupillae, dilator iridis, dilator of pupil, musculus dilator iridis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus dilator pylori gastroduodenalis | The longitudinal muscular fibres that open the gastroduodenal junction. Synonym: musculus dilator pylori gastroduodenalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus dilator pylori ilealis | The longitudinal muscular fibres that open the ileal orifice at the level of the caecocolic junction. Synonym: musculus dilator pylori ilealis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| musculus dilator tubae | That portion of musculus tensor veli palatini that attaches to the mucous membrane of the auditory tube; formerly described as a separate muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hydrostatic dilator | An instrument for dilating oesophageal strictures; fluid pressure is delivered into a flexible area of the instrument placed in the stricture to establish a uniform dilating pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dilator | 1. One who, or that which, widens or expands. 2. <anatomy> A muscle that dilates any part. 3. <medicine> An instrument for expanding a part; as, a urethral dilator. See: Dilate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |