Mitral Valve is defined as: “a valve in the heart that guards the opening between the left atrium and the left ventricle, prevents the blood in the ventricle from returning to the atrium, and consists of two triangular flaps attached at their bases to the fibrous ring which surrounds the opening and connected at their margins with the ventricular walls by the chordae tendineae and papillary muscles.” The mitral valve is also known as bicuspid valve and left atrioventricular valve.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: mitral= MAOI/TRA*L
Option #2: mitral= MAOIRLT

Option #1: valve= VAFL
Option #2: valve= VAL/*F

To ligate is to tie off or close off an artery, or vessel, during surgery.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: ligate= LAOI/GA*IT
Option #2: ligate= LAOIGT

Intercostal means, “between the ribs.”

According to Medline Plus, “The intercostal muscles are the muscles between the ribs. During breathing, these muscles normally tighten and pull the rib cage up.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: intercostal: INT/KOFLT
Option #2: intercostal: SBR-/KOFLT
Option #3: intercostal: INT/KOS/TAL
Option #4: intercostal: INT/KOFT/A*L
Option #5: intercostal: SBR-/KOFT/A*L
Option #6: intercostal: SBR-/KOS/TAL

Hemolysis is defined by Encyclopedia Britannica as, the “breakdown or destruction of red blood cells so that the contained hemoglobin is freed into the surrounding medium…Apart from normal breakdown of aged red blood cells, hemolysis is abnormal in the living but may be caused by inherited defects in the blood cells, by chemicals, venoms, the toxic products of microorganisms, transfusion of the wrong blood type, or Rh incompatibility of fetal and maternal blood…Hemolysis may be produced in the laboratory by various physical agents (heat, freezing, flooding with water, sound). In certain situations it is used as a specific laboratory test for antigen–antibody reactions.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: hemolysis= HAOEM/O*E/LAOI/S*IS
Option #2: hemolysis= HEM/O*E/LAOI/S*IS

Diovan is an oral medication that is also known by the name, “valsartan.” Diovan is classified as an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB). It is used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure.

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: Diovan= DAOIFN
Option #2: Diovan= DAOI/VA*N
Option #3: Diovan= DAIO/O*E/VA*N

Nuchal means “of, relating to, or lying in the region of the nape.”

A nuchal scan is a prenatal screening scan that can reveal chromosomal conditions including down syndrome.

Nuchal lines are “four curved lines on the external surface of the occipital bone.”

Machine Briefs:
Option #1: nuchal= NAOU/KAL