Echo Abbreviations

AccT

Acceleration time

AI

aortic insufficiency

AoV

aortic valve

AS

aortic stenosis

ASD

atrial septal defect

AVA

aortic valve area

AV Valve

atrioventricular valve

BSA

body surface area

CABG

coronary artery bypass graft

CAD

coronary artery disease

CFD

color flow doppler

CHF

congestive heart failure

CI

cardiac index

CO

cardiac output

CWD

continuous wave doppler

DT

deceleration time

EDP

end diastolic pressure

EDV

end diastolic volume

ESV

end systolic volume

ET

ejection time

FVI

Flow velocity integral

HR

heart rate

HTN

hypertension

IAS

interatrial septum

IVC

inferior vena cava

IVCT

Isovolumic contraction time

IVRT

Isovolumic relaxation time

IVS

interventricular septum

JH

jet height

LA

Left Atrium

LAD

left anterior descending (coronary artery)

LBBB

left bundle branch block

LCA

left coronary artery

LV

Left Ventricle

LVEDP

left ventricular end diastolic pressure

LVET

left ventricular ejection time

LVH

left ventricular hypertrophy

LVOT

left ventricular outflow tract

MAC

mitral annular calcification

mmHg

millimeters of mercury

MPI

myocardial performance index

MR

mitral regurgitation

MS

mitral stenosis

MV

mitral valve

MVA

mitral valve area

MVP

mitral valve prolapse

PA

pulmonary artery

PASP

pulmonary artery systolic pressure

PAW(P)

pulmonary artery wedge (pressure)

PDA

patent ductus arteriosus

PEP

pre-ejection period

PHT

pressure half time

PI

pulmonary insufficiency

PS

pulmonary stenosis

PTCA

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

PV

pulmonic valve

PVR

pulmonary vascular resistance

PWD

pulsed wave doppler

Qp/Qs

ratio of pulmonary blood flow to systemic blood flow

RA

Right Atrium

RBBB

right bundle branch block

RCA

right coronary artery

RV

Right Ventricle

RVOT

right ventricular outflow tract

SAM

systolic anterior motion

SV

stroke volume

SVC

superior vena cava

SVR

systemic vascular resistance

TR

tricuspid regurgitation

TS

tricuspid stenosis

TV

tricuspid valve

VSD

ventricular septal defect