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| A-long | apical long-axis
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| A-mode | amplitude mode
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| A-late | (atrial) diastolic velocity peak or area
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| A2C | apical 2 chamber
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| A4C | apical 4 chamber
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| AcT | acceleration time
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| a dur | duration of pulmonary venous atrial reversal velocity
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| A dur | duration of atrial filling velocity
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| AF | atrial fibrillation
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| A m | myocardial tissue late diastolic velocity
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| AMVL | anterior mitral valve leaflet
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| ant | anterior
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| Ao | aortic or aorta
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| AR | aortic regurgitation
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| AS | aortic stenosis
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| ASD | atrial septal defect
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| ASH | asymmetrical septal hypertrophy
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| ATVL | anterior tricuspid valve leaflet
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| AV | atrioventricular
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| AVA | aortic valve area
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| AVR | aortic valve replacement
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| BAV | balloon aortic valvuloplasty
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| BP | blood pressure
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| BSA | body surface area
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| C-TGA | congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries
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| C (capital C) | chordae
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| c (italized lower case c) | propagation velocity of sound in tissue
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| CAD | coronary artery disease
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| cath | cardiac catheterization
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| CBV | catheter balloon valvuloplasty
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| cm | centimeters
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| C m (capital C subscript m) | specific heat of tissue
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| cm/s | centimeters per second
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| CO | cardiac output
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| Cont eq | continuous equation valve area
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| cos | cosine
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| CS | coronary sinus
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| CSA | cross sectional area
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| CT | computed tomography
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| CW | continuous wave
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| Cx | circumflex coronary artery
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| D | diameter
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| dB | decibels
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| DA | desending aorta
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| dP/dt | rate of change in pressure over time
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| dyne.s.cm-5 | units of resistance
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| E | early diastolic peak velocity
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| ECG | electrocardiogram
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| echo | echocardiogram
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| ED | end diastolic
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| EDD | end-diastolic dimension
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| EDV | end-diastolic volume
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| EF | ejection fraction
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| E m | myocardial tissue early diastolic velocity
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| endo | endocardium
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| epi | epicardium
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| EPSS | E-point septal seperation
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| ES | end-systole
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| ESD | end-systolic dimension
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| ESPVR | end-systolic pressure volume relationship
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| ESV | end-systolic volume
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| ETT | exercise treadmill test
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| ∆ƒ | frequency shift
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| ƒ | frequency
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| FL | false lumen
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| F n (subscript n) | near field
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| FN | false negative
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| F₀ | resonance frequency
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| FP | false positive
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| F s (subscript s) | scattered frequency
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| FSV | forward stroke volume
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| F t | transmitted frequency
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| fx | function
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| HCM | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
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| HOCM | hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
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| HPRF | high pulse repetition frequency
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| HR | heart rate
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| HV | hepatic vein
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| I | intensity of ultrasound exposure
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| IAS | interatrial septum
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| ID | indicator dilution
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| inf | inferior
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| IV | intraveneous
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| IVC | inferior vena cava
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| IVCT | isovolumetric contraction time
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| IVRT | isovolumetric relaxation time
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| kHz | kilohertz
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| L | length
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| LA | left atrium
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| LAA | left atrial appendage
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| LAD | left anterior descending coronary artery
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| LAE | left atrial enlargement
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| lat | lateral
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| LCC | left coronary cusp
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| LLAT | left lateral
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| LMCA | left main coronary artery
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| LPA | left pulmonary artery
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| LSPV | left superior pulmonary vein
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| LV | left ventricle
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| LV-EDP | left ventricle-end diastolic pressure
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| LVE | left ventricular extension branch or left ventricular enlargement
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| LVH | left ventricular hypertrophy
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| LVI | left ventricular inflow
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| LVID | left ventricular internal dimension
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| LVO | left ventricular outflow
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| LVOT | left ventricular outflow tract
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| M | myxoma
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| M-mode | motion display
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| MAC | mitral annular calcification
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| MB | moderator band
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| MI | myocardial infarction
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| MR | mitral regurgitation
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| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging
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| MS | mitral stenosis
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| MV | mitral valve
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| MVA | mitral valve area
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| n | number of subjects
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| NBTE | nonbacterial throbotic endocarditis
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| NCC | noncoronary cusp
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| ∆P | pressure gradient
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| P | pressure
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| PA | pulmonary artery
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| pAn | psuedoaneurysm
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| PAP | pulmonary artery pressure
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| PD | pulsed Doppler
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| PDA | patent ductus arteriosus or posterior descending artery
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| PE | pericardial effusion
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| PEP | preejection period
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| PET | positron-emission tomography
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| PISA | proximal isovelocity surface area
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| PLAX | parasternal long axis
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| PM | papillary muscle
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| PMVL | posterior mitral valve leaflet
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| PR | pulmonary regurgitation
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| PRF | pulse repetition frequency
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| MVR | mitral valve replacement
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| PRFR | peak rapid filling rate
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| PS | pulmonic stenosis
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| PSAX | parasternal short axis
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| PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasy
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| PV | pulmonary vein
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| PV a | pulmonary venous atrial reversal velocity
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| PV D (subscript D) | pulmonary venous peak diastolic velocity
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| PV s | pulmonary venous peak systolic velocity
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| PVC | premature ventricular contraction
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| PWT | posterior wall thickness
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| Q | volume flow rate
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| Q p | pulmonic volume flow rate
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| Q s | systemic volume flow rate
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| r | ventricular radius or correlation coefficient
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| RA | right atrium
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| RAE | right atrium enlargement
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| RAM | random access memory
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| RAO | right anterior oblique
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| RAP | right atrial pressure
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| RCA | right coronary artery
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| RCC | right coronary cusp
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| Re | Reynolds number
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| RF | regurgitation factor
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| RJ | regurgitation jet
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| R₀ | radius of microbubble
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| ROA | regurgitant oriface area
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| RPA | right pulmonary artery
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| RSPV | right superior pulmonary vein
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| RSV | regurgitant stroke volume
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| RV | right ventricle
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| RVE | right ventricular enlargement
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| RVH | right ventricular hypertrophy
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| RVI | right ventricular inflow
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| RVO | right ventricular outflow
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| RVOT | right ventricular outflow tract
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| SAM | systolic anterior motion
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| SC | subcostal
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| SEE | standard error of the estimate
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| SPPA | spatial peak pulse average
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| SPTA | spatial peak temporal average
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| SSN | suprasternal notch
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| ST | septal thickness
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| STJ | sinotubular junction
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| STVL | septal tricuspid valve leaflet
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| SV | stroke volume or sample volume
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| SVC | superior vena cava
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| SWMA | segmental wall motion abnormality
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| Ƭ½ | pressure half time
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| T | thrombus
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| TD | thermodilution
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| TEE | transesophageal echocardiography
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| TGA | transposition of the great arteries
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| TGC | time gain compensation
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| TL | true lumen
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| TN | true negative
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| TOF | tetralogy of Fallot
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| TP | true positive
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| TPV | time to peak velocity
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| TR | tricuspid regurgitation
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| TS | tricuspid stenosis
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| TSV | total stroke volume
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| TTE | transthoracic echocardiography
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| TV | tricuspid valve
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| v | velocity
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| V | volume or velocity
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| VAS | ventriculo-atrial septum
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| V max | maximum velocity
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| VSD | ventricular septal defect
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| VTI | velocity time integral
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| WPW | Wolff Parkinson White syndrome
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| Z | acoustic impedance
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