Statistics for Medical Abbreviations Chapter 5&6

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Abbreviation	Answer	% Correct
EKG, ECG	electrocardiogram	90%
V-fib	ventricular fibrillation	85%
A-fib	atrial fibrillation	70%
MI	myocardial infarction	60%
HTN	hypertension	50%
CABG	coronary artery bypass graft	45%
CAD	coronary artery disease	40%
A, Ab	antibody	20%
AED	automated external defibrillator	20%
AG, Ag	antigen	15%
IG	immunoglobin	15%
PAD	peripheral artery disease	15%
PVD	peripheral vascular disease	10%
CA, Ca	carcinoma	5%
CVI	chronic venous insufficiency	5%
HZ	herpes zoster	5%
HL	Hodgkin's lymphoma	5%
MMR	measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination	5%
MET	metastasis	5%
VSZ	varicella	5%
AICD	automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator	0%
CIS	carcinoma in situ	0%
CC	cardiac catheterization	0%
DCIS	ductal carcinoma in situ	0%
LE	lymphedema	0%
met	metastasize	0%
NHL	non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	0%
TST	thallium stress test	0%
tPA	tissue plasminogen activator	0%