ABBRIVIATION

 ABBRIVIATION

5-HT 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)

AC adenylate cyclase

ACh acetylcholine

AChR acetylcholine receptor

ACE angiotensin converting enzyme

ACEI angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor

ACS acute coronary syndrome

ADH antidiuretic hormone

ADP adenosine diphosphate

AF atrial fibrillation

AFL atrial flutter

AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ALL acute lymphocytic leukemia

AML acute myelogenous leukemia

AMP adenosine monophosphate

ANA antinuclear antibodies

ARB angiotensin receptor blocker

ATI angiotensin I

ATII angiotensin II

ATIII antithrombin III

ATN acute tubular necrosis

ATP adenosine triphosphate

AV atrioventricular

BBB blood–brain barrier

BP blood pressure

CAD coronary artery disease

cAMP cyclic adenosine monophosphate

cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate

CCB calcium channel blocker

CHF congestive heart failure

CMV cytomegalovirus

CNS central nervous system

CO cardiac output

COMT catechol O-methyl transferase

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

COX cyclooxygenase

CSF cerebrospinal fluid

CV cardiovascular

CVA cerebrovascular accident

CYP450 cytochrome P450

DA dopamine

DAG diacyl glycerol

DBP diastolic blood pressure

DCT distal convoluted tubule

DHF dihydrofolate

DHFR dihydrofolate reductase

DIC disseminated intravascular coagulation

DNA deoxyribonucleic acid

DVT deep vein thrombosis

EBV Epstein-Barr virus

FAD flavin adenine dinucleotide

FMN flavin mononucleotide

FSH follicle-stimulating hormone

Gi inhibitory G protein

Gs stimulatory G protein

G6PD glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase

GABA gamma-amino butyric acid

GC guanylate cyclase

GFR glomerular filtration rate

GI gastrointestinal

GMP guanosine monophosphate

GnRH gonadotropin-releasing hormone

GU genitourinary

HBV hepatitis B virus

HCV hepatitis C virus

HDL high-density lipoprotein

HIV human immunodeficiency virus

HR heart rate

HSV herpes simplex virus

IDL intermediate-density lipoprotein

Ig immunoglobulin

IM intramuscular