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This is not an exhaustive list, but includes some of the terminology commonly used in the assessment and treatment of cardiac disorders. To view this glossary simply click on the corresponding letter below:

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Echocardiography

The use of ultrasound to examine and measure the structure and functioning of the heart, and to diagnose abnormalities and disease

Edema

An accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells or intercellular tissues. At the gross level, used to describe the physical sign commonly likened to swelling or increased girth that often accompanies the accumulation of fluid in a body part, most often a limb.

Electrophysiology

Electrical phenomena associated with a physiological process (as the function of a body or bodily part)

Explanted Heart

The diseased heart removed from a patient during heart transplant surgery

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