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The LAD typically supplies 45–55% of the left ventricle and is therefore considered the most critical vessel in terms of myocardial blood supply. [citation needed] Left: Critical stenosis (95%) of the proximal LAD in a patient with Wellens' Warning. Right: The same patient after reperfusion.
Meaning L: leukocytes lumbar vertebrae (L1 to L5) L&D: labor and delivery: LA: left atrium lymphadenopathy local anesthetic: LAAM: L-alpha-acetylmethadol: Lab: laboratory (in health care, usually referring to clinical laboratory) LABA: long-acting beta agonist: LABBB: left anterior bundle branch block: Lac: laceration lactate: LAD: left ...
Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1] a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night Omne Nocte a.s., as, AS left ear auris sinistra a.u., au, AU both ears together or each ear aures unitas or auris uterque b.d.s, bds, BDS 2 times a day bis die sumendum b.i.d., bid, BID
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
This is a list of roots, suffixes, and prefixes used in medical terminology, their meanings, and their etymologies. Most of them are combining forms in Neo-Latin and hence international scientific vocabulary. There are a few general rules about how they combine.
Nearly half of all women have "dense breasts"—yet countless don't find out until later in life. Dense breasts have more fibrous and glandular tissue relative to fat tissue in the breast. Because ...
The hexaxial reference system is a diagram that is used to determine the heart's electrical axis in the frontal plane.. In electrocardiography, left axis deviation (LAD) is a condition wherein the mean electrical axis of ventricular contraction of the heart lies in a frontal plane direction between −30° and −90°.
Beyond the cost of the new labor deal, the work stoppage was the most costly American strike of the 21st century, costing the company, its workers and its suppliers more than $11.5 billion ...