| AMI: | Acute Myocardial Infarction |
| ACC: | American College of Cardiology |
| AHA: | American Heart Association |
| ACEi: | Angiotensin Converting Enzyme inhibitor |
| AR: | Aortic Regurgitation |
| AS: | Aortic Stenosis |
| AV: | Aortic Valve |
| AVR: | Aortic Valve Replacement |
| AF: | Atrial Fibrillation |
| Afl: | Atrial Flutter |
| AV: | Atrial Ventricular |
| AICD: | Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator |
| BAV: | Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty |
| BMV: | Balloon Mitral Valvuloplasty |
| BPM: | Beats per Minute |
| BP: | Blood Pressure |
| BMI: | Body Mass Index |
| BNP: | Brain Natiuretic Peptide |
| CCT: | Cardiac Computed Tomography |
| CRT: | Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy |
| CMP: | Cardiomyopathy |
| CV: | Cardioversion |
| CVA: | Cerebral Vascular Accident |
| CXR: | Chest X-Ray |
| cbc: | Complete blood count |
| CHF: | Congestive Heart Failure |
| COPD: | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CT: | Computed Tomography |
| CAD: | Coronary artery disease |
| DE-CMR: | Delayed Enhancement Cardiac MRI |
| DCM: | Dilated Cardiomyopathy |
| DES: | Drug Eluting Stent |
| EF: | Ejection Fraction |
| ECG: | Electrocardiogram |
| EP: | Electrophysiologic |
| ED: | Emergency Department |
| EMB: | Endomyocardial biopsy |
| HR: | Heart Rate |
| HTN: | Hypertension |
| HCM: | Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy |
| ICD: | Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator |
| IVC: | Inferior Vena Cava |
| INR: | International Normalized Ratio |
| IABP: | Intraaortic Balloon Pump |
| IV: | Intravenous |
| IVDA: | Intravenous Drug Abuse |
| LA: | Left Atrium |
| LAA: | Left Atrial Appendage |
| LAD: | Left Anterior Descending |
| LV: | Left Ventricle |
| L: | Liter |
| LVAD: | Left Ventricular Assist Device |
| LVH: | Left Ventricular Hypertrophy |
| MRA: | Magnetic Resonance Angiography |
| MRI: | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MR: | Mitral regurgitation |
| MS: | Mitral Stenosis |
| MVP: | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| MV: | Mitral Valve |
| MI: | Myocardial Infarction |
| NYHA: | New York Heart Association |
| NSAIDS: | Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs |
| O2: | Oxygen |
| PLAX: | Parasternal long axis |
| PND: | Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea |
| PCI: | Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
| PET-CT: | Positron Emmision Tomography-Computed Tomography |
| PA: | Pulmonary Artery |
| PASP: | Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure |
| PH: | Pulmonary Hypertension |
| PR: | Pulmonary Regurgitation |
| PS: | Pulmonary Stenosis |
| PV: | Pulmonary Valve |
| RWT: | Relative Wall Thickness |
| RA: | Right Atrium |
| RCA: | Right Coronary Artery |
| RV: | Right Ventricle |
| RVSP: | Right Ventricular Systolic Pressure |
| SVG: | Saphenous Vein Graft |
| STS: | Society of Thoracic Surgeons |
| SEC: | Spontaneous echocardiographic contrast |
| SVC: | Superior Vena Cava |
| SBP: | Systolic Blood Pressure |
| TAVR: | Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement |
| 3D: | Three-Dimensional |
| TEE: | Transesophageal Echocardiography |
| TIA: | Transient Ischemic Attack |
| TTE: | Transthoracic Echocardiography |
| TR: | Tricuspid Regurgitation |
| TS: | Tricuspid Stenosis |
| TV: | Tricuspid Valve |
| 2-D: | Two-Dimensional |
| VSD: | Ventricular Septal Defect |
| VT: | Ventricular Tachycardia |