| ACLS | advanced cardiac life support; Assessment of Children's Language Comprehension |
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| AMM | agnogenic myeloid metaplasia; ammonia; antibody to murine cardiac myosin; World Medical Association ... |
| BCLS | basic cardiac life support |
| BCS | battered child syndrome; blood cell separator; British Cardiac Society; Budd-Chiari syndrome |
| ByCPR | bystander cardiac pulmonary resuscitation |
| NCCP | non-cardiac chest pain |
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| TD(co) | thermodilution cardiac output |
| 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) |