The Focus Animated Dictionary of Cardiology provides definitions and animations for hundreds of terms in cardiology. This collection covers most terms from Cardiology including Cardiac disorders, diagnostic tests and therapies. Each of the term is explained through animated video.

Table of Contents

List of Videos
• Acute coronary syndrome
• Acyanotic heart defects
• Adrenal glands
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Aging pigment
• Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
• Ambulatory electrocardiography
• Anaemia
• Aneurysm
• Angina
• Angina pectoris
• Angiogenesis
• Angiogram
• Angiography
• Angiokinesis
• Angioplasty
• Angiospasm
• Angiotensinogenase
• Anoxia
• Anterior interventricular sulcus
• Anterior jugular vein (done by Vineeth)
• Anterior longitudinal sulcus
• Anticoagulant
• Anulus fibrosus
• Aorta
• Aortic aneurysm
• Aortic coarctation
• Aortic regurgitation
• Aortic Stenosis (AS)
• Aortic valve
• Aortic valve insufficiency
• Aortic valve stenosis
• Aortitis
• AortoPulmonary Septal Defect (APSD)
• Apoprotein
• Arrhythmia
• Arterial blood gas test
• Arterial lumen
• Arteriography
• Arteriole
• Arteriopathy
• Arterioplasty
• Arteriosclerosis
• Arteriovenous fistula
• Arteritis
• Artery
• Artificial heart
• Atherectomy
• Atherogenesis
• Atheroma
• Atherosclerosis
• Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
• Atrial flutter
• AtrioVentricular (AV) block
• AtrioVentricular (AV) bundle
• Atrium
• Bad cholesterol
• Balloon catheter
• Balloon tipped catheter
• Balloon type catheter
• Beating heart bypass surgery
• Beats Per Minute (BPM)
• Beta adrenergic antagonists
• Beta adrenergic receptor
• Beta antagonists
• Beta blockers
• Beta-adrenoceptor
• Bicuspid valve
• Blood
• Blood gas analysis
• Blood pressure (BP)
• Blood vessel
• Body Mass Index (BMI)
• Brachytherapy
• Bradycardia
• Brugada syndrome
• Bruit
• Bundle branch block
• Bundle of His
• Calcium antagonists
• Calcium channel blockers
• Cardiac ablation
• Cardiac catheterisation
• Cardiac cycle
• Cardiac function curve
• Cardiac massage
• Cardiac MRI (Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
• Cardiac muscle
• Cardiac myocyte
• Cardiac navigation system
• Cardiac transplantation
• Cardiac tumours
• Cardiogenic shock
• Cardiologist
• Cardiomegaly
• Cardiomyocyte
• CardioPulmonary Bypass (CPB)
• CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• CardioTocoGraphy (CTG)
• Cardiovascular
• CardioVascular Centre (CVC)
• Charcot's angina cruris
• Charcot's syndrome
• Chest Computed Tomography Scan (Chest CT Scan)
• Chordae tendineae
• Circulatory system
• Claudication
• Click-murmur syndrome
• Coagulation factor-II
• Coarctation of the aorta
• Cold pressor test
• Commotio cordis
• Congenital heart defect
• Congenital heart disease
• Congestion
• Congestive heart failure
• Cor pulmonale
• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
• Coronary artery fistula
• Coronary artery occlusion
• Coronary Care Unit (CCU)
• Coronary circulation
• Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
• Coronary occlusion
• Coronary revascularization
• Coronary sinus atrial septal defects
• Cyanosis
• Cyanotic heart disease
• Defibrillation
• Deoxygenated blood
• Diastole
• Diastolic pressure
• Dissecting aneurysm
• Diuretic
• Dressler's syndrome
• Dual-chamber pacemaker
• Dyslipidemia
• Dyspnoea
• Ebstein anomaly
• Echocardiogram
• Eisenmenger's syndrome
• Ejection fraction
• Embolus
• Endarterectomy
• Endocardial fibroelastosis
• Endocarditis
• Endocardium
• Endovascular ultrasound
• Epicardium
• Exercise stress test
• External jugular vein
• Faint
• Fallot's tetrad
• Fallot's tetralogy
• Fallot's trilogy
• Fatty streak
• Foetal heart monitoring
• Fibrin
• Fibrinogen
• Fibrous rings
• Flail valve
• Flutter
• Foramen ovale
• Fulminant myocarditis
• Gamma camera
• Glyceryl trinitrate
• Graft
• Great arteries
• Great vessels
• Haemoglobin
• Haemorrhage
• Haemostasis
• Hard plaque
• Heart
• Heart attack
• Heart block
• Heart burn
• Heart failure
• Heart murmurs
• Heart rate
• Heart transplantation
• Heart-lung machine
• High Density Lipoprotein (HDL)
• Holter monitor
• Hypercholesterolaemia
• Hypertension
• Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy (HCM)
• Hypertrophy
• Hyponatremia
• Hypopiesis
• Hypotension
• Hypoxia
• Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (ICD)
• Implantable pacemaker
• Infarction
• Infective endocarditis
• Inferior vena cava
• Insufficiency
• Interatrial septum
• Intermittent claudication
• Internal jugular vein
• IntraVascular UltraSound (IVUS)
• Ion channels
• J-curve phenomenon
• Jugular Venous Distention (JVD)
• Jugularis anterior sinistia
• Jugularis externa sinistia
• Jugularis interna sinistia
• Kawasaki disease
• Kinetocardiogram
• Laser angioplasty
• Laser-assisted balloon angioplasty
• Left atrioventricular valve
• Left circumflex artery
• Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF)
• Left ventricular hypertrophy
• Lipids
• Lipofuscins
• Lipoproteins
• Lobus sinister
• Long QT syndrome
• Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL)
• Lumen
• Macrocardia
• Magnetic Field Imaging (MFI)
• MagnetoCardioGraphy (MCG)
• Marfan's syndrome
• Megalocardia
• Mitral incompetence
• Mitral insufficiency
• Mitral regurgitation
• Mitral stenosis
• Mitral valve
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Mouth to mouth respiration
• Mouth to mouth resuscitation
• Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome
• Myocardial infarction
• Myocardiocyte
• Myocarditis
• Myocardium
• Myxomatous degeneration
• Nitric Oxide (NO)
• Nitroglycerine
• Non-cardiac chest pain
• Norepinephrine
• Normal heart rate
• Normal sinus rhythm
• Norwood operation
• Norwood procedure
• Nuclear stress test
• Occluded artery
• Occlusion device
• Off-pump bypass
• Open heart surgery
• Orthopnoea
• Orthostatic hypotension
• Oximeter
• Oxygen
• Oxygenated blood
• Oxygen-rich blood
• Persistent truncus arteriosus
• Plaque
• Pneumogastric nerve
• Post-myocardial infarction syndrome
• Post-pericardiotomy
• Postural hypotension
• Precava
• Premature Junctional Complexes (PJCs)
• Prinzmetal's angina
• Prothrombin
• Q wave
• QRS change
• QRS complex
• QT interval
• RAAS (Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System )
• Radial artery
• Rale
• Raynaud's disease
• Re-vascularisation
• Regurgitation
• Renin
• Renin-angiotensin system
• Restenosis
• Rheumatic fever
• Right atrioventricular valve
• Robot assisted coronary artery bypass
• S wave
• SA node
• Saphenous vein
• Saturated fat
• Septal defect
• Septum
• Shock
• Sickle cell anaemia
• Sinoatrial node
• Sinus node
• Sinus rhythm
• Sodium
• Soft plaque
• Sonography
• Sphymomanometer
• Stable angina
• Stable plaque
• Statins
• Stenosis
• Stent
• Sternocostal joint
• Stethoscope
• Stress test
• Superior vena cava
• Suprarenal glands
• Syncope
• Syntitium
• Systole
• Systolic pressure
• Tachycardia
• Tamponade
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Thallium stress test
• Thebesian veins
• Thrombin
• Thromboembolism
• Thrombolytic
• Thrombus
• Tissue plasminogen activator
• Treadmill exercise test
• Treadmill test
• Tricuspid atresia
• Tricuspid incompetence
• Tricuspid insufficiency
• Tricuspid regurgitation
• Tricuspid valve
• Tricuspid valve regurgitation
• Triglycerides
• Truncus arteriosus
• Ulnar artery
• Ultrasonography
• Ultrasound - coronary artery
• Unstable plaque
• Urodilatin
• Vagal attack
• Vagus nerve
• Valvoplasty
• Valvotomy
• Valvular cardiomyopathy
• Valvuloplasty
• Valvulotomy
• Variant angina
• Vasomotion
• Vasospasm
• Vasovagal attack
• Venae cordis minimae
• Ventilator
• Ventricles
• Ventricular Assist Device (VAD)
• Ventricular fibrillation
• Visceral pericardium
• Wiggers diagram
• Williams syndrome
• Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS)
• Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
• X-Linked Dilated Cardiomyopathy (XLDC)
• Z-band
• Z-line