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AAA
abdominal aortic aneurysm
ACE
angiotensin-converting enzyme (inhibitor)
AF
atrial fibrillation
AS
AORTIC STENOSIS
ASD
ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECT
ASHD
ARTERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE
AST
ANGIOTENSIN SENSITIVITY TEST
AV
ATRIOVENTRICULAR; ARTERIOVENOUS
BBB
BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK
BP
BLOOD PRESSURE
CA
CANCER; CHRONOLOGICAL AGE; CARDIAC ARREST
CABG
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT
CAD
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
CC
CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
CCU
CORONARY CARE UNIT
CHD
CORONARY HEART DISEASE
CHOL
CHOLESTEROL
CK
CREATININE KINASE; CONDUCTIVE KERATOPLASTY
CPR
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION
CV
CARDIOVASCULAR
DES
DRUG-ELUTING STENT
DOE
DYSPNEA ON EXERTION
DSA
DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY
DVT
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
ECG
ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
ECHO
ECHOCARDIOGRAM
EF
EJECTION FRACTION
ETT
EXERCISE TOLERANCE TEST
HDL
HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
HF
HEART FAILURE
HTN
HYPERTENSION
ICD
IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR
IV
INTRAVENOUS
LA
LEFT ATRIUM
LD
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE
LDL
LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN
LV
LEFT VENTRICLE
MI
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
MR
MITRAL REGURGITATION
MRA
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
MS
MUSCULOSKELETAL
MUGA
MULTIPLE GATED ACQUISITION
MVP
MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE
NSR
NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM
PAC
PREMATURE ATRIAL CONTRACTION
PTCA
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY
PVC
PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTION
RA
RIGHT ATRIUM
RV
RESIDUAL VOLUME; RIGHT VENTRICLE
SA
SINOATRIAL
SOB
SHORTNESS OF BREATH
VSD
VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
VT
VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA