專業術語
指體內健康的紅血球數量過低，無法向全身各個組織和器官輸送足夠氧氣。1
1. Mayo Clinic. Anemia. Available at https://www. mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anemia/symptoms- causes/syc-20351360. Last accessed June 2020.
能延長血液凝固的時間，減少血栓在血管或心臟形成，從而降低患上中風或肺栓塞等嚴重疾病的風險。2,3
2. NHS. Anticoagulant medicines. Available at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/anticoagulants/. Last accessed June 2020.
3. BHF. Watch: What are NOACs and what do they do in your body? Available at https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/medical/drug-cabinet/novel-anticoagulants. Last accessed June 2020.
指心跳或心律不正常，如心跳過慢或過快，心臟早搏或心律不規則。4
4. MedicalNewsToday. What to know about arrhythmia. Available at https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/8887. Last accessed June 2020.
血管的一種，負責將含氧量高的血液由心臟輸送至身體各個部位。5
5. WebMD. Picture of the Arteries. Available at https://www.webmd.com/heart/picture-of-the-arteries#1. Last accessed June 2020.
指病人患病（如心房顫動），卻沒有任何症狀。6
6. NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms. Asymptomatic. Available at https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/asymptomatic. Last accessed June 2020.
位於心臟上半部分的兩個腔室（下半部分的兩個腔室則稱為「心室」），負責接收從身體回流至心臟的血液。7,8
7. ThoughtCo. Atria of the Heart Function. Available at https://www.thoughtco.com/atria-of-the-heart-anatomy-373232. Last accessed June 2020.
8. Heart. How the Healthy Heart Works. Available at https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/congenital-heart-defects/about-congenital-heart-defects/how-the-healthy-heart-works. Last accessed June 2020.
簡稱「房顫」，是一種心臟疾病。患者心律不規則，而且心跳往往過快。9
9. Mayo Clinic. Atrial fibrillation. June 2019. Available at https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/atrial-fibrillation/symptoms-causes/syc-20350624. Last accessed June 2020.
指對事物作出比較時所用的起點或基礎。以心率為例，基線是指一天裡最低的心率紀錄，即起床後或休息過後的心率。10,11
10. Vocabulary.com Dictionary. Baseline. Available at https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/baseline. Last accessed June 2020.
11. Arrhythmia Alliance. Know Your Pulse Factsheet. April 2009; reviewed January 2017. Available at http://www.heartrhythmalliance.org/aa/uk/know-your-pulse. Last accessed June 2020.
血細胞在靜脈及動脈內凝固而成的血塊。12
12. Healthline. Blood Thinners for Heart Disease. Available at https://www.healthline.com/health/heart-disease/blood-thinners#uses. Last accessed June 2020.
能防止血細胞在靜脈及動脈內凝固，有助保持身體血液流動暢通。抗凝血藥便是薄血藥的一種。12
12. Healthline. Blood Thinners for Heart Disease. Available at https://www.healthline.com/health/heart-disease/blood-thinners#uses. Last accessed June 2020.
將血液輸送至各組織和器官的管道，當中包括動脈和靜脈。13,14
13. Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries. Blood vessel. Available at https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blood-vessel. Last accessed June 2020.
14. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Blood vessel. Available at https://www.britannica.com/science/blood-vessel. Last accessed June 2020.
專門診斷及治療心血管疾病的醫生。15
15. MedicalNewsToday. What is cardiology? Available at https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/248935. Last accessed June 2020.
一項醫療程序，能使心律回復正常。其中一種方法是將電極放在胸前，由電極將電波傳至心臟。16
16. BHF. Cardioversion. Available at https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/treatments/cardioversion. Last accessed June 2020.
一項醫療程序，利用熱力或極低溫破壞導致心律不正的心臟組織，使心律回復正常。17
17. Mayo Clinic. Cardiac ablation. September 2019. Available at https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/cardiac-ablation/about/pac-20384993. Last accessed June 2020.