| RS | radioscaphoid; random sample; rating schedule; Raynaud syndrome; recipient's serum; rectal sinus; re... |
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| RUL | right upper eyelid; right upper lateral; right upper limb; right upper lobe |
| AMI | Acute Myocardial Infarction - Complications(Cx) 1. Early ... |
| VF | left leg [electrode]; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular fluid; ventricular flutter; visual field... |
| RV | random variable; rat virus; Rauscher virus; rectovaginal; reinforcement value; renal vein; residual ... |
| chagas cardiomyopathy | Cardiomyopathy with conduction defects and cardiac enlargement characteristic of the last phase of chagas disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| peripartum cardiomyopathy | Cardiac failure due to heart muscle disease in the period before, during, or after delivery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital cardiomyopathy | <radiology> Endocardial fibroelastosis, myocarditis, glycogen storage disease (Pompe's), anomalous origin of left coronary artery from pulmonary artery (12 Dec 1998) |
| congestive cardiomyopathy | Heart muscle disease of unknown or known origin involving cardiac muscle and not primarily involving any other structures, with systemic and pulmonary congestion through increased pressure and volume in the venous systems. (05 Mar 2000) |
| postpartum cardiomyopathy | <cardiology, obstetrics> Cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure developing in the puerperium in the absence of any of the known causes of heart disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| primary cardiomyopathy | Cardiomyopathy of unknown or obscure cause. A disease that affects mainly the heart muscle, sparing other cardiac structures and usually resulting in fibrosis, hypertrophy, or both. Synonym: idiopathic cardiomyopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| secondary cardiomyopathy | Disease that affects the myocardium secondarily to systemic disease, infection, or metabolic disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | <cardiology, pathology> A congenital heart disease that results in abnormal thickening of the ventricular septum and left ventricular wall. Enlargement of the ventricular septum can result in ventricular outflow obstruction (subaortic stenosis) and eventual cardiomyopathy. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
| dilated cardiomyopathy | <cardiology, pathology> A group of disorders where the heart muscle is weakened and cannot pump effectively. The net result is dilation of the cardiac chambers or cardiac enlargement. The poor cardiac function results in congestive heart failure. Causes for dilated cardiomyopathy include anaemia, obesity, amyloidosis, alcohol abuse, ischaemic cardiomyopathy, viral infections and idiopathic cardiomyopathy. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
| idiopathic cardiomyopathy | Cardiomyopathy of unknown or obscure cause. A disease that affects mainly the heart muscle, sparing other cardiac structures and usually resulting in fibrosis, hypertrophy, or both. Synonym: idiopathic cardiomyopathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| infiltrative cardiomyopathy | <cardiology, pathology> A group of disorders which affect the heart muscle resulting in the ineffective pumping of blood. Examples include amyloidosis, Loeffler's syndrome, sarcoidosis, haemochromatosis, scleroderma and carcinoid syndrome. Complications include arrhythmias and progressive heart failure. Origin: Gr. Pathos = disease (27 Sep 1997) |
| familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Familial occurrence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy exhibiting an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. Familial cardiomyopathy of various kinds occurs with autosomal dominant inheritance. There is also an asymmetrical form affecting the ventricles and the interventricular septum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aberrant ventricular conduction | Abnormal intraventricular conduction of a supraventricular beat, especially where surrounding beats are normally conducted. Synonym: ventricular aberration. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aortico-left ventricular tunnel | Congenital connection between the aorta above exit of coronary arteries and the left ventricle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arrhythmias, ventricular | Abnormal rapid heart rhythms (arrhythmias) that originate in the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles). Ventricular arrhythmias include ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. Both are life threatening arrhythmias most commonly associated with heart attacks or scarring of the heart muscle from previous heart attack. (12 Dec 1998) |