AAA
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
AAHFN
American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
ABCM
American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine
ACCN
American College of Cardiovascular Nurses
ACE
Angiotensin-converting enzyme
ACLS
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
AED
Automated external defibrillator
AF
Atrial fibrillation
AFIB
Atrial fibrillation
AHA
American Heart Association.
AI
Aortic insufficiency
AICD
Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator
angio.
Angiogram or angiography
AO
Arterial oxygen content
AP
Aortopulmonary. AP window
AS
Aortic stenosis
AS
Aortic stenosis
ASD
Atrial septal defect
AV
Atrioventricular
CABG
Coronary artery bypass grafting
Cath.
Cardiac catheterization
CBI
Catheter Based Intervention
CHF
Congestive heart failure
CI
Cardiac index
CO
Cardiac output
CV
Cardiovascular
CVD
Cardiovascular disease
dP/dt
Pressure derivative over time
EF
Ejection fraction
FFR
Fractional flow reserve
HTN
Hypertension
ICD
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
IVUS
Intravascular ultrasound
LHC
Left heart catheterization
LMCA
Left main coronary artery
LVEDP
Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure
MFS
Marfan syndrome
MPAP
Mean pulmonary artery pressure
MR
Mitral regurgitation
NSTEMI
Non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
NSTEMI
Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
OCT
Optical coherence tomography
PAH
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PCI
Percutaneous coronary intervention
PCWP
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure
PDA
Patent ductus arteriosus
PFO
Patent foramen ovale
PHTN
Pulmonary hypertension
pHTN
Prehypertension
PP
Pulse pressure
PVR
Pulmonary vascular resistance
PVR
Pulmonary vascular resistance
PVRI
Pulmonary vascular resistance index
Qp/Qs
Pulmonary-to-systemic flow ratio
RFA
Radio Frequency Ablation
RHC
Right heart catheterization
SAVR
Surgical aortic valve replacement
SPECT
Single-photon emission computed tomography
STEMI
ST-elevation myocardial infarction
SV
Stroke volume
SVO2
Mixed venous oxygen saturation
SVR
Systemic vascular resistance
TAPSE
Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion
TAVR
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
TEE
Transesophageal echocardiography
TEE
Transesophageal echocardiography
TIMI
Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction
TMB
Transient monocular blindness
VAD
Ventricular assist device
VO2
Oxygen consumption
VSD
Ventricular septal defect
VTI
Velocity-time integral