Glossary

See AICD

Suppression of the immune response with drugs, e.g. following transplantation to prevent organ rejection

Insertion of material or part of an organ made of natural or synthetic material into the body

A cut into body tissue

Tissue necrosis, e.g. in the heart or brain, caused by blocked circulation (arterial obturation: thrombus, emboli)

Informed and self-determined assent to further diagnosis

Narrowing of the pulmonary artery between the right ventricle and the pulmonary valve caused by an increase of muscle tissue

Kind of muscular tunnel, the outflow section of the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery

Introduced by the WHO in 1983 to redress the lack of comparability of Quick values. Used in the control of anticoagulants (Coumarin). Calculated using a formula.

INR value 1 = no coagulation
INR value 2 = coagulation 2-fold prolonged
INR value 3 = coagulation 3-fold prolonged

Inadequate performance or functioning

There is a gap of varying size (different possible types) in the upper part of the aorta, which has no further connection to another vessel or organ. Emergency situation for the newborn child; blood supply to the lower half of the body is via the open ductus arteriosus

Procedure, e.g. using cardiac catheter, interventional cardiac catheterisation

Procedure carried out using a cardiac catheter, e.g. balloon dilation, placement of stents

Innermost coat of an organ

Inside the heart

Insertion of a tube through the mouth and into the trachea for the purpose of respiration, e.g. following the initialisation of anaethesia during an operation

Within the uterus

Diagnostic test that involves entering the body (eg catheter)

Treatment that involves entering the body (eg catheter)

Congenital fissure of the iris

Insufficient blood supply to tissue or organ, local lack of blood supply

Narrowing of the aorta where the aortic arch enters the descending aorta