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cardiac

Pertaining to the heart. In compound words, it converts to ‘cardio-’, as in cardiomyopathy or cardiovascular (pertaining to the heart and blood vessels).



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The hospital has two labs for cardiac catheterization, a diagnostic procedure in which a thin plastic tube is threaded from vessels in the leg up to the heart to test blood flow, pumping ability and other factors.
Cancer risk from professional exposure in staff working in cardiac catheterization laboratory: Insights from the National Research Council's Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation VII Report.
Next, they enrolled 172 patients using a new protocol, in which the ED physician diagnosed the heart attack and then activated the cardiac catheterization (or angioplasty) team with one phone call, without consulting a cardiologist first.
 
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