QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Whether you're looking for information about a specific word used by your doctor or trying to find out more about how to keep your heart healthy, the answers are right here. If you need more information, try the British Heart Foundation or enter the word in a search engine such as Google.
Common questions
Q: Can coronary thrombosis be prevented by modifying your lifestyle?
A: See Improving your lifestyle
Q: What exactly does a healthy diet involve?
A: See A healthy diet. (You might be surprised by the answer!)
Glossary of terms
This glossary of terms is sorted in alphabetical order for convenience.
Where a term is marked (BHF) this means that the information is held on the British Heart Foundation web site.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
Abciximab
Acid
Adrenaline
Air pollution (BHF)
Air travel (BHF)
Alcohol
Alpha-blockers
Angina
Anticoagulants
Antioxidants and flavanoids (BHF)
Anxiety and depression (BHF)
Aspirin
Atherosclerosis
Atrial fibrillation (BHF)
B
Benefits and financial aid (BHF)
Bereavement services (BHF)
Beta-blockers
Blood pressure
Blood pressure monitors (BHF)
Breathlessness (BHF)
C
CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting)
Catecholamines
Chest pain
Cholesterol
Clopidogrel
Coagulation
Complementary medicine (BHF)
Coronary angiograph / PCTA / Stenting
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
D
Defibrillation (BHF)
Diabetes & coronary heart disease
Dietary fibre (BHF)
Driving, vocational (BHF)
Driving and heart patients (BHF)
DVTY (BHF)
E
Echocardiography
Endocarditis (BHF)
Endothelium
Enlarged heart (BHF)
Epinephrine
Ethnicity and coronary thrombosis
F
Factor VII
Fats and oils
Fibrinogen
G
Gene therapy and the heart (BHF)
Genes
Glycocalyx
Grafts
H
Haemophilia
Heart attack
Heart attack recovery (BHF)
Heart rate and heart rate monitors (BHF)
Heart surgery and new techniques (BHF)
Heparin
Hirudin
Homocysteine and folic acid
I
Impotence (BHF)
Inflammation and coronary thrombosis
Insulin resistance
Insurance for heart patients (BHF)
Intermittent claudication (BHF)
Ivabridine (Percorolan)
J
K
Keyhole cardiac surgery (BHF)
L
Left ventricular assist devices (BHF)
Lipids HDL, LDL, LP(a), statins
Long Q-T syndrome (BHF)
Low blood pressure (BHF)
M
Margarines and trans-fatty acids (BHF)
Myocardial infarction
Myocarditis (BHF)
N
O
Obesity (see also BHF)
P
Pacemakers (BHF)
Physical activity and the heart (BHF)
Plant steroids and stanols (BHF)
Platelets: IIb/IIIa antagonism platelets (thrombocytes)
PTCA, PCI
Q
R
Rheumatic fever (BHF)
S
Serotonin
Sex (BHF)
Silent heart attack (BHF)
Slow heart rate (BHF)
Smoking
Statins
Stenting
Stress
Sudden death syndrome (BHF)
SVT (BHF)
Sydrome X (BHF)
T
Thrombin, thrombin antagonism
Thrombocytes
Thrombolysis
Thrombomodulin
thrombophylia
Thrombosis
Triglycerides and the heart (BHF)
U
V
Ventricular ectopic beats (BHF)
Viral pericarditis (BHF)
Vitamins (BHF)
W
Waiting for cardiac surgery (BHF)
Warfarin
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (BHF)