CARDIAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiac mean? 

• CARDIAC (adjective)
  The adjective CARDIAC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the heart

  Familiarity information: CARDIAC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIAC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the heart

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

cardiac arrest

Pertainym:

heart (the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body)

 Context examples 

A number of genetic studies have identified mutations in various components of the cardiac desmosome that have important roles in the pathogenesis of ARVD/C.

(Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Cardiac Arrhythmias are heart-rhythm problems - they occur when the electrical impulses to the heart that coordinate heartbeats are not working properly, making the heart beat too fast/slow or inconsistently.

(Arrhythmia, NICHD)

Agents used for the treatment or prevention of cardiac arrhythmias; they may effect the polarization-repolarization phase of the action potential, its excitability or refractoriness, or impulse conduction or membrane responsiveness within cardiac fibers.

(Antiarrhythmic Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called cardiac pacemaker and pacemaker.

(Artificial pacemaker, NCI Dictionary)

Issue associated with device features that are designed to respond to a physical stimulus (temperature, illumination, motion, cardiac rhythms) that do not transmit a resulting signal for interpretation or measurement.

(Medical Device Sensing Issue, Food and Drug Administration)

The monitoring of the fetal heart to determine the cardiac status and health of the fetus during pregnancy and labor.

(Assessment of Fetal Heart Condition, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in chloride/bicarbonate exchange in cardiac myocytes.

(Anion Exchange Protein 3, NCI Thesaurus)

Further deletion of ACE resulted in restored cardiac functions.

(Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2 Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Most frequent are defects in septation and the cardiac valves, and few single gene etiologies are known.

(ALK Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This agent has demonstrated a higher level of anti-tumor activity than conventional anthracycline drugs without exhibiting any indication of the cumulative cardiac toxicity common to this class of compounds.

(Amrubicin, NCI Thesaurus)