NB: If an abbreviation has multiple options (*), please only use one option per manuscript.
2Ch | two chamber |
2D | two-dimensional |
3D | three-dimensional |
4Ch | four chamber |
4D | four-dimensional |
4DF | four-dimensional flow |
A | area |
A2C | apical two chamber |
A4C | apical four chamber |
AA | aortic arch |
AA | adductor artery |
AAA | abdominal aortic aneurysm |
AAo | ascending aorta |
AAP | American Academy of Pediatrics |
AAR | area at risk |
ABI | ankle-brachial index |
ACAR | acute cardiac allograft rejection |
ACC | American College of Cardiology |
ACCF | American College of Cardiology Foundation |
ACDC | Automated Cardiac Diagnosis Challenge |
ACEI | angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor |
ACS | acute coronary syndrome |
ACR | American College of Radiology |
ACR | acute cardiac rejection |
ACS | acute coronary syndrome |
AD | aortic distensibility |
ADAM | adaptive moment estimation algorithm |
ADMM | alternating direction method of multipliers |
ADP | adenosine diphosphate |
ADT | appropriate device therapy |
AE | adverse event |
AF | atrial fibrillation |
AF | Atlas Forests |
AFP | adiabatic full passage |
AHA | American Heart Association |
AHP | adiabatic half passage |
AHP | adiabatic half passage |
AI | artificial intelligence |
AIC | Akaike’s information criteria |
AIF | arterial input function |
AIM | annular inflow method |
AKI | acute kidney injury |
AL | amyloid light chain |
AMA | American Medical Association |
AMI | acute myocardial infarction |
AML | anterior mitral leaflet |
ANCA | anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody |
ANCOVA | analysis of covariance |
ANOVA | analysis of variance |
AOA | anatomic orifice area |
AP | anterior-posterior |
AP | aorto-pulmonary |
ApA | apical angle |
APMHR | age predicted maximal heart rate |
ARB | angiotensin receptor blocker |
ARDS | acute respiratory distress syndrome |
ART | antiretroviral therapy |
ARVC | arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy |
AS | aortic stenosis |
ASD | atrial septal defect |
ASE | American Society of Echocardiography |
ASL | arterial spin labeling |
ASNC | American Society of Nuclear Cardiology |
ASO | arterial switch operation |
AT2R | angiotensin 2 receptor |
AT1R | angiotensin 1 receptor |
ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
ATP | antitachycardia pacing |
ATTR | amyloid transthyrein (amyloidosis) |
AUC | appropriate use criteria |
AUC | area under the curve |
AV | atrioventricular |
AV | aortic valve |
AV | aorto-vertebral |
AVA | aortic valve area |
AVC | arrhythmic ventricular cardiomyopathy |
AVI | aorto-vertebral interface |
AVO2 | arteriovenous oxygen |
AVPD | atrioventricular plane descent |
AVR | aortic valve replacement |
AVVR | atrioventricular valve regurgitation |
BA | basilar artery |
BAV | bicuspid aortic valve |
BB | black blood |
BBTI | black blood thrombus imaging |
BCA | brachiocephalic artery |
BCS | blind compressed sensing |
BCW | backwards compression wave |
BH | breath hold |
BIC | Bayesian information criteria |
BMC | blood-to-myocardial contrast |
BMI | body mass index |
BMV | bioprosthetic mitral valve |
BNP | brain natriuretic peptide |
BOLD | blood-oxygen dependent contrast |
BP | blood pressure |
BPD | bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
BPM | beats per minute |
BSA | body surface area |
bSSFP | balanced steady state free precession |
BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
BW | band width |
BW | body weight |
C | compacted |
C-SENSE | compressed sensitivity encoding |
CA | cardiac amyloidosis |
CAA | coronary artery anomaly |
CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
CAD | coronary artery disease |
CAV | coronary allograft vasculopathy |
CAVI | cardio-ankle vascular index |
CBCMR | Certification Board of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance |
CBF | coronary blood flow |
CCA | common carotid artery |
CCMRA | coronary cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography |
ccTGA | congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries |
CDC | United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CE | contrast enhanced |
CE | Conformité Européenne |
CE-MARC | Clinical Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Coronary Heart Disease |
CEA | carotid endarterectomy |
CEF | coronary endothelial function |
CETP | cholesterylester transfer protein |
CF | center frequency |
CFA | common femoral artery |
cFA | compartment fractional anisotropy |
CFD | computational flow dynamics |
CFR | coronary flow reserve |
CHD | congenital heart disease |
CHESS | chemical shift selective saturation |
CI | confidence interval |
CI | cardiac index |
CIA | common iliac artery |
CIED | cardiac implanted electronic device |
CircE | circulatory efficiency |
CK | creatine kinase |
CKD | chronic kidney disease |
CLIO | cross-linked iron oxide |
cMD | compartment mean diffusivity |
CME | continuing medical education |
CMP | central mean pressure |
CMP | cardiomyopathy |
CMR | cardiovascular magnetic resonance |
CMRA | coronary magnetic resonance angiography |
CMRA | cardiovascular magnetic resonance angiography |
CMRS | cardiovascular magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
CMRV | cardiovascular magnetic resonance venography |
CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
CNN | convolutional neural networks |
CNR | contrast-to-noise ratio |
CNS | central nervous system |
CO | cardiac output |
COeff | effective cardiac output |
CoA | coarctation of aorta |
COCATS | Core Cardiovascular Training Statement |
CoM | center of mass |
COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
CorCTA | coronary computed tomography angiography |
CoV | coefficient of variation |
CP | circulatory power |
CPET | cardiopulmonary exercise testing |
CPK | creatine phosphokinase |
CPO | cardiac power output |
CPR | curved planar reconstruction |
Cr | creatinine |
CR | contrast ratio |
CR | creatinine |
CRP | c-reactive protein |
CRT | cardiac resynchronization therapy |
CS | compressed sensing |
CS | coronary sinus |
CSA | cross-sectional area |
CSBF | coronary sinus blood flow |
CSF | cerebral spinal fluid |
CSI | chemical shift imaging |
CSPAMM | complementary spatial modulation of magnetization |
CT | computed tomography |
CTA | computed tomography angiography |
CTD | connective tissue disease |
CTEPH | chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension |
CTO | chronic total occlusion |
CV | cardiovascular |
CVA | cerebrovascular attack |
cVAE | conditional variational autoencoder |
CVD | cardiovascular disease |
CVF | collagen volume fraction |
CVO | combined ventricular output |
CVR | cerebrovascular resistance |
D | distance |
D-TGA | dextro-transposition of the great arteries |
DAA | distal aortic arch |
dAAo | distal ascending aorta |
DAo | descending aorta |
DBP | diastolic blood pressure |
DC | distensibility coefficient |
DC | diagnostic confidence |
DCE | dynamic contrast enhancement |
DCI | diffusion compartment imaging |
DCM | dilated cardiomyopathy |
DCMR | dobutamine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance |
DD | ductus diverticulum |
DENSE | displacement encoding with stimulated echoes |
DICOM | digital imaging and communications in medicine |
DIF | diffuse interstitial fibrosis |
DIR | double inversion recovery |
DL | deep learning |
DM | diabetes mellitus |
DMD | Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy |
DMF | diffuse myocardial fibrosis |
dNAV | diaphragmatic navigator |
DORV | double outlet right ventricle |
DRA | dark rim artifact |
DSA | digital subtraction angiography |
DSC | Dice similarity coefficient |
DSE | dobutamine stress echocardiography |
DORV | double outlet right ventricle |
dp-SIR | dentate nucleus to pons signal intensity ratio |
DRA | dark rim artifact |
DSA | digital subtraction angiography |
DSC | Dice Similarity Coefficient |
DTA | descending thoracic aorta |
DTI | diffusion tensor imaging |
DUS | Doppler ultrasound |
DTPA | diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid |
DVT | deep venous thrombosis |
DW | diffusion weighted |
DWI | diffusion weighted imaging |
Ea | effective elastance |
EACVI | European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging |
EAM | electroanatomic map |
ECA | external carotid artery |
Ecc | circumferential strain |
ECF | extracellular fluid |
ECG | electrocardiogram |
ECM | extracellular matrix |
ECV | extracellular volume |
ECVm | measured extracellular volume |
ECVsyn | synthetic extracellular volume |
ED | end-diastole |
EDD | end-diastolic dimension |
EDV | end-diastolic volume |
EDVI | end-diastolic volume index |
EED | endocardial edge delineation |
Ees | end-systolic elastance |
EF | ejection fraction |
EF | emptying fraction |
eCNR | estimated contrast-to-noise ratio |
EGE | early gadolinium enhancement |
EGEr | early gadolinium enhancement ratio |
eGFR | estimated glomerular filtration rate |
EGPA | eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis |
EI | eccentricity index |
EL | energy loss |
ELBO | evidence lower bound |
Ell | longitudinal strain |
EMA | European Medicines Agency |
Emax | maximal end-systolic elastance |
EMB | endomyocardial biopsy |
EMG | electromyogram |
EMI | electromagnetic interference |
EMS | emergency medical services |
ENDO | endocardium/endocardial |
ENMC | European Neuromuscular Centre |
EOA | effective orifice area |
EP | electrophysiological |
EPI | echoplanar imaging |
Err | radial strain |
ES | end-systole |
ES | edge sharpness |
ESC | European Society of Cardiology |
ESCR | European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology |
ESD | end-systolic dimension |
ESMA | elastin specific magnetic resonance agent |
ESNR | estimated signal-to-noise ratio |
ESPVR | end-systolic pressure volume relationship |
ESR | European Society of Radiology |
ESRD | end-stage renal disease |
ESSsep | end-systolic septal strain |
ESV | end-systolic volume |
ESVI | end-systolic volume index |
ETA | elongated transverse aortic arch |
ETL | echo train length |
FA | flip angle |
FA | fatty acid |
FA | fractional anisotropy |
FAC | fractional area change |
FB | free breathing |
FC | fibrous cap |
FCN | fully convolutional neural network |
FCR | fibrous cap rupture |
FCSA | fast composite splitting algorithm |
FCW | forward compression wave |
FD | flow diverter |
FD | fractal dimension |
FDA | United States Food and Drug Administration |
FE | ferumoxytol enhanced |
FED | fibroelastic deficiency |
FID | free induction decay |
FDA | United States Food and Drug Administration |
FDG | fluorodeoxyglucose |
FEV1 | forced expiratory volume in one second |
FFE | fast field echo |
FFR | fractional flow reserve |
FFT | fast Fourier transform |
FFV | forward flow volume |
FGP | fast gradient projection |
FH | foot-head |
FHS | Framingham Heart Study |
FISTA | fast iterative shrinkage-thresholding algorithm |
FL | false lumen |
FLAIR | fluid attenuated inversion recovery |
FLASH | fast low angle shot |
fMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging |
FN | false negative |
FOV | field-of-view |
FP | false positive |
FPP | first pass perfusion |
FPR | false positive rate |
FS | fat saturation |
FS | fractional shortening |
FSE | fast spin echo |
FT | Fourier transform |
FT | feature tracking |
FVC | forced vital capacity |
FW | free wall |
FWHM | full width at half maximum |
FWLS | free wall longitudinal strain |
GAN | generative adversarial network |
GBCA | gadolinium based contrast agent |
GBM | gradient boosting machine |
GC-LOLA | gradient controlled local Larmor adjustment |
GCS | global circumferential strain |
GCSR | global circumferential strain rate |
Gd | gadolinium |
GDMT | goal directed medical therapy |
GLM | general linear models |
GLS | global longitudinal strain |
GLSR | global longitudinal strain rate |
GPU | graphical processor units |
Grad-CAM | Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping |
GRAPPA | generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisition |
GraSE | gradient and spin echo |
GRASP | Golden angle radial sparse parallel |
GRE | gradient recalled echo |
GRS | global radial strain |
GS | golden-step |
GT | ground truth |
GWAS | genome wide association study |
H&E | hematoxylin and eosin |
HA | helix angle |
HARP | harmonic phase magnetic resonance |
HASTE | half-Fourier single shot turbo spin echo |
Hb | hemoglobin |
HbA1c | hemoglobin A1c |
HCM | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
Hct | hematocrit |
HCTsyn | synthetic hematocrit |
HD | Housdorff distance |
HDL | high density lipoprotein |
HDPE | high-density polyethylene |
HE | hematoxylin and eosin |
HF | heart failure |
HFmrEF | heart failure with mid-range ejection fraction |
HFpEF | heart failure with preserved ejection fraction |
HFrEF | heart failure with reduced ejection fraction |
Hb | hemoglobin |
HHFP | hypertension-associated heart failure in pregnancy |
HIP | high intensity plaque |
HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
HLA | horizontal long axis |
HLHS | hypoplastic left heart syndrome |
HOCM | hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy |
HOMA-IR | Homeostasis model assessment-estimated insulin resistance |
HR | heart rate |
HR | hazard ratio |
HRS | Heart Rhythm Society |
HS | high salt |
hs-cT | high sensitivity cardiac troponin |
HSCT | hematopoietic stem cell transplantation |
HU | Hounsfield units |
HW | heart weight |
I/R | ischemia/reperfusion |
IAA | infrarenal abdominal aorta |
ICA | internal carotid artery |
ICA | iodinated contrast agent |
ICA | invasive coronary angiography |
ICC | intraclass correlation coefficient |
ICD | implanted cardiodefibrillator |
ICE | intracardiac echocardiography |
ICM | ischemic cardiomyopathy |
iCMR | invasive cardiovascular magnetic resonance |
ICTP | type I collagen C terminal telopeptide |
IFG | impaired fasting glucose |
IFT | inverse Fourier transform |
IHD | ischemic heart disease |
IHG | isometric hand grip |
IIM | idiopathic inflammatory myopathy |
ILT | intraluminal thrombus |
IMCL | intramyocardial lipids |
IMH | intramyocardial hemorrhage |
iNAV | image-based navigator |
INCA study | Impact of Non-invasive CMR Assessment |
INR | international normalized ratio |
IO | iron overload |
IPAH | idiopathic pulmonary artery hypertension |
IPH | intraplaque hemorrhage |
IQ | image quality |
IQA | image quality assessment |
IQR | interquartile range |
IR | inversion recovery |
IRF | impulse response function |
IRF | in-plane rotational flow |
IRSE | inversion recovery spin echo |
ISFsep-lat | internal stretch factor |
ISHLT | International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation |
IV | intravenous |
IVMD | int3erventricular mechanical delay |
IVUS | intravascular ultrasound |
IVC | inferior vena cava |
IVS | interventricular septum |
IVST | interventricular septal thickness |
IVUS | intravascular ultrasound |
JSENSE | joint image reconstruction and sensitivity estimation in sensitivity encoding |
KE | kinetic energy |
Kt-BLAST | kt broad linear speed up technique |
L-TGA | levo-transposition of the great arties |
LA | left atrium/left atrial |
LA | long axis |
LA | left anterior |
LAA | left atrial appendage |
Lac | lactate |
LAD | left atrial descending coronary artery |
LAEF | left atrial emptying fraction |
LAAEmF | left atrial active emptying function |
LAPEmF | left atrial passive emptying function |
LATEmF | left atrial total emptying function |
LAV | left atrial volume |
LAVi | left atrial volume index |
LAx | long axis |
LBBB | left bundle branch block |
LCA | left coronary artery |
LCP | leadless cardiac pacemaker |
LCX | left circumflex coronary artery |
LDL | low density lipoprotein |
LFP | linear flip angle |
LGE | late gadolinium enhancement |
LHC | left heart catheterization |
LISA | linearly increasing start-up angles |
LL | lower limit |
LLC | Lake Louise criteria |
LM | left main coronary artery |
LM | loose matrix |
LMS | Lambda-Mu-Sigma |
LNH | local normalized helicity |
LOA | limits of agreement |
LOS | length of stay |
LOST | LOw-dimensional-structure Self-learning and Thresholding |
LP | left posterior |
LPA | left pulmonary artery |
LR | left-right |
LR | low resolution |
LRNC | lipid rich necrotic core |
LS | longitudinal strain |
LV | left ventricle/left ventricular |
LVEDVP | left ventricular end-diastolic pressure |
LVEDV | left ventricular end-diastolic volume |
LVEDVI | left ventricular end-diastolic volume index |
LVEF | left ventricular ejection fraction |
LVESV | left ventricular end-systolic volume |
LVM | left ventricular mass |
LVMI | left ventricular mass index |
LVMP | left ventricular myocardial power |
LVNC | left ventricular non-compaction |
LVOT | left ventricular outflow tract |
LVOTO | left ventricular outflow tract obstruction |
LWD | lung water density |
M1 | middle cerebral artery |
MA | mitral annulus/mitral annular |
mAA | mid-ascending aorta |
MAC | moving angle crossing |
MACE | major adverse cardiac event |
MAE | mean absolute error |
mAoP | mean aortic pressure |
MAP | mean arterial pressure |
MAPSE | mitral annular plane systolic excursion |
MARC | Markers And Response to CRT study |
MBF | myocardial blood flow |
MBG | myocardial blush grade |
MBP | mean blood pressure |
MBV | myocardial blood volume |
MCA | middle cerebral artery |
MCD | mean contour distance |
MCE | myocardial contrast echocardiography |
MCF | myocardial contraction fraction |
MCP | monocyte chemoattractant protein |
MD | mean diffusivity |
MDCT | multidetector computed tomography |
MDIR | multislice double inversion recovery |
mDixon | modified Dixon |
MDT | mitral deceleration time |
MERGE | motion sensitized driven equilibrium rapid gradient echo |
MESA | Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis |
MeSH | Medical Subject Heading |
MFA | myocyte fractional anisotropy |
MFR | myocardial flow reserve |
MFS | Marfan syndrome |
MHD | magnetohydrodynamic effect |
MI | myocardial infarction |
MICSR | magnitude image CSPAMM |
MINOCA | myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries |
MIP | maximal intensity projection |
ML | machine learning |
MMD | myotonic muscular dystrophy |
MMP | metalloproteinases |
MMRC | Modified Medical Research Council |
Mn | manganese |
MO | microvascular obstruction |
MOCO | motion corrected |
MOG | metric optimized gating |
MOLLI | MOdified Look Locker Inversion recovery |
MOOSE | Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
MP | myocardial perfusion |
MP-RAGE | magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo |
MPA | main pulmonary artery |
mPAP | mean pulmonary artery pressure |
MPBF | maldistribution of pulmonary blood flow |
MPI | myocardial perfusion imaging |
MPO | myeloperoxidase |
MPR | myocardial perfusion reserve |
MPR | multiplanar reconstruction/reformatting |
MPRAGE | magnetization prepared rapid acquisition gradient echo |
MPRI | myocardial perfusion reserve index |
MR | magnetic resonance |
MR | mitral regurgitation |
MR-IMPACT | CMR for Myocardial Perfusion Assessment in Coronary Artery Disease |
MR-INFORM | Magnetic Resonance Perfusion or Fractional Flow Reserve in Coronary Artery Disease |
MRegur | mitral regurgitation |
MRA | magnetic resonance angiography |
MRE | magnetic resonance elastography |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
MRS | magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
mSAX | midventricular short axis |
MSE | mean square error |
MSI | myocardial salvage index |
MT | magnetization transfer |
MTC | magnetization transfer contrast |
MTG | myocardial triglyceride content |
MV | mitral valve |
MVD | microvascular disease |
MVO | microvascular obstruction |
MVO2 | myocardial oxygen consumption |
MVP | mitral valve prolapse |
MVR | mass volume ratio |
MVR | mitral valve repair |
MVR | mitral valve replacement |
MVV | maximal voluntary ventilation |
NASCET | North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial |
NAV | navigator |
NASCI | North American Society of Cardiovascular Imaging |
NC | non-compacted |
NC | necrotic core |
NCS | normalized circumferential strain |
NF | net flow |
NFG | non-fasting glucose |
NICM | non-ischemic cardiomyopathy |
NHLBI | National Heart Lung and Blood Institute |
NIHSS | National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology laboratory |
NO | nitric oxide |
NOS | Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scale |
NR | non-rigid |
NRI | net reclassification index |
NS | non-selective |
NS | normal salt |
NSF | nephrogenic systemic fibrosis |
NSTEMI | non ST elevation myocardial infarction |
NSVT | non-sustained ventricular tachycardia |
NT-pro BNP | N-terminal pro-hormone brain natriuretic peptide |
NWI | normalized wall index |
NYHA | New York Heart Association |
OCT | optical coherence tomography |
OMT | optimal medical therapy |
OR | odds ratio |
OS | oxygen sensitive |
OSA | obstructive sleep apnea |
OSI | oscillatory shear index |
OXPHOS | oxidative phosphorylation |
PA | popliteal artery |
PA | pulmonary artery |
PACS | Picture archiving and communication system |
PAD | peripheral arterial disease |
PAF | paroxysmal atrial fibrillation |
PAH | pulmonary artery hypertension |
PANDA | principle component analysis and dictionary learning |
PAP | pulmonary artery pressure |
PAPR | powered air-purifying respirators |
PAPVC | partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection |
PAWS | phase-ordered automatic window selection |
PBVV | pulmonary blood volume variation |
PC | phase contrast |
PC | principle component |
PCA | principal component analysis |
PCA | phase contrast angiography |
PCI | percutaneous coronary intervention |
PCMR | phase contrast magnetic resonance |
PCr | phosphocreatine |
PCR | polymerace chain reaction |
PDA | patent ductus arteriosus |
PDA | posterior descending coronary artery |
PDW | proton density weighted |
PCWP | pulmonary capillary wedge pressure |
PE | phase encoding |
PE | potential energy |
PE | pulmonary embolism |
PEA | pulseless electrical activity |
PEA | pulmonary endarterectomy |
PET | positron emission tomography |
PF | peak flow |
PFA | Perfluoroalkoxyalkane |
PFR | peak filling rate |
PGSE | pulse gradient spin echo |
PH | pulmonary hypertension |
PHiSeg | probabilistic hierarchical segmentation |
PI | pulsatility index |
PLAX | parasternal long axis |
PLSVC | persistent left superior vena cava |
PMMA | polymethyl methacrylate |
pMI | periprocedure myocardial injury |
PML | posterior mitral leaflet |
PMR | plaque to myocardial signal intensity ratio |
POC | point-of-care |
POMP | phase offset multiplanar |
PP | pulse pressure |
PPCI | primary percutaneous coronary intervention |
PPCM | Peripartum cardiomyopathy |
PPI | pitch per inch |
PPM | permanent pacemaker |
PR | precision recall |
PR | pulmonic regurgitation |
PRESS | point resolved spectroscopy |
PRISM | preferred reporting items for systemic reviews and meta-analysis |
PRISMA | preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta analyses |
PROST | patch-based low-rank reconstruction |
pSAT | partial saturation |
PSF | point spread function |
PSAX | parasternal short axis |
PSIR | phase sensitive inversion recovery |
PSYS | peak systolic pressure |
PTFE | polytetrafluoroethylene |
PV | pulmonary valve |
PV | pulmonary vein |
PV | pressure volume |
PV | peak velocity |
PVC | polyvinyl chloride |
PVDR | pulmonary vascular distensibility reserve |
PVI | pulmonary vein isolation |
PVOD | pulmonary veno-occlusive disease |
PVR | pulmonic valve replacement |
PVR | pulmonary vascular resistance |
PWV | pulse wave velocity |
Pyr | pyruvate |
Q | flow |
QALY | quality-adjusted life year |
QC | quality control |
QCA | quantitative coronary angiography |
QIBA | Quantitative Imaging and Biomarkers Alliance |
QIR | quadruple inversion recovery |
QISS | quiescent interval slice-selective |
Qp | pulmonic flow |
Qs | systemic flow |
QSM | quantitative susceptibility mapping |
QTc | corrected QT interval |
RA | right atrium/right atrial |
RA | right-anterior |
rAHP | reverse adiabatic half passage |
RARE | rapid acquisition with relaxation enhancement |
RAA | right atrial appendage |
RAPID-IHD | Rapid Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance for Ischemic Heart Disease |
RAV | right atrial volume |
RAVI | right atrial volume index |
RBP | mean radius of the blood pool |
rBW | receiver bandwidth |
RCA | right coronary artery |
RCA | reverse classification accuracy |
RCT | randomized controlled trial(s) |
REACT | Relaxation-enhanced angiography without contrast and triggering |
RER | respiratory exchange ratio |
ReLU | rectified linear unit |
RER | respiratory exchange ratio |
RF | radiofrequency |
RF | regurgitant fraction |
RF | random forests |
RF2 | Random Forests |
RHC | right heart catheterization |
RL | right-left |
RMS | root mean square |
RMSD | root mean square distance |
RMSE | root mean square error |
ROC | receiver operator characteristics |
ROC | receiver operator curve |
ROI | region-of-interest |
ROS | reactive oxygen species |
RP | right posterior |
RPA | recursive partitioning analysis |
RPA | right pulmonary artery |
RPP | rate pressure product |
RRT | renal replacement therapy |
RSNA | Radiological Society of North America |
RT | real time |
RTC | real time cine |
RU | relative upslope |
RV | right ventricle/right ventricular |
RVED | right-ventricular end-diastolic volume |
RVEDVI | right ventricular end-diastolic volume index |
RVEF | right ventricular ejection fraction |
RVESVI | right ventricular end-systolic volume index |
RVH | right ventricular hypertrophy |
RVLA | right ventricular long axis |
RVol | regurgitant volume |
RVOT | right ventricular outflow tract |
RVSP | right ventricular systolic pressure |
RWM | regional wall motion |
SALLI | small animal Look Locker inversion recovery |
SAM | systolic anterior motion |
SAPPHIRE | saturation pulse prepared heart rate independent inversion recovery |
SAR | specific absorption rate |
SARS-CoV-2 | severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
SASHA | saturation recovery single-shot acquisition |
SAT | saturation pulse |
SAx | short axis |
SBP | systolic blood pressure |
SCAI | Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions |
SCCT | Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography |
SCD | sudden cardiac death |
SCMR | Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance |
S-ICD | subcutaneous implantable cardioverter/defibrillator |
SD | standard deviation |
SDp | pooled standard deviation |
SE | spin echo |
SEE | standard error of the estimate |
SENC | strain encoding |
SENSE | sensitivity encoding |
SFA | superficial femoral artery |
SFRR | systolic flow reversal ratio |
SIR | stress-to-rest intensity ratio |
SIT | situs inversus totalis |
sGS | sorted golden step |
ShMOLLI | Shortened modified Look Locker inversion recovery |
SI | signal intensity |
SI | superior-inferior |
SL | spin lock |
SLE | systemic lupus erythematosus |
SLFF | semilunar valve forward flow |
SLICE | segment length in Cine |
SLNF | semilunar valve net flow |
SLV | single left ventricle |
SMA | superior mesenteric artery |
SMASH | simultaneous acquisition of spatial harmonics |
SMD | standardized mean difference |
SMR | spleen-to-myocardium ratio |
SMS | simultaneous multi-slice |
SNA | sympathetic nerve activity |
SNR | signal-to-noise ratio |
SOP | standard operating procedures |
SOS | stack of stars |
SP | sinus prosthesis |
SPACE | sampling perfection with application-optimized contrast using different flip angle evolutions |
SPAIR | spectral attenuated inversion recovery |
sPAP | systolic pulmonary artery pressure |
SPCTPD | Society of Pediatric Cardiology Training Program Directors |
SPECT | single photon emission computed tomography |
SPAMM | spatial modulation of magnetization |
SPAIR | spectral attenuated inversion recovery |
SPGR | spoiled gradient echo |
SPINS | Stress CMR Perfusion Imaging in the United States |
SPIO | small particle iron oxide |
SPIR | spectral presaturation with inversion recovery |
SPR | splenic perfusion ratio |
SR | strain rate |
SR | sinus rhythm |
SR | super resolution |
SRR | super resolution reconstruction |
SRSsep | systolic rebound stretch of the septum |
SRV | single right ventricle |
SS | slice-selective |
SSDI | Social Security Death Index |
SSFP | steady state free precession |
SSI | systolic stretch index |
SSIM | structured similarity index |
SScPAH | systemic sclerosis pulmonary artery hypertension |
bSSFP | balanced steady state free precession |
SSO | splenic switch-off |
SSR | single volume super-resolution reconstruction |
STE | speckle tracking echocardiography |
STEAM | stimulated echo acquisition mode |
STEMI | ST elevation myocardial infarction |
STIR | short tau inversion recovery |
STJ | sinotubular junction |
STS | Surgical Thoracic Society |
SV | stroke volume |
SVC | superior vena cava |
SVE | shared velocity encoding |
SVI | stroke volume index |
SVR | systemic vascular resistance |
SW | stroke work |
SWALL | mean myocardial wall thickness |
T | Tesla |
T1DM | type 1 diabetes mellitus |
T1w | T1 weighted |
T2DM | Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
T2w | T2 weighted |
TA | transverse angle |
TA | texture analysis |
TA | tricuspid annulus/tricuspid annular |
TAC | total arterial compliance |
TAC | transverse aortic constriction |
TACi | total arterial compliance index |
TAPSE | tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion |
TAV | trileaflet aortic valve |
TAVI | transcatheter aortic valve implantation |
TAVR | transcatheter aortic valve replacement |
TCPC | total cavopulmonary connection |
TCM | Takotsubo cardiomyopathy |
TD | delay time |
TD | time difference |
TD | trigger delay |
TDI | tissue Doppler imaging |
TE | echo time |
TEE | transesophageal echocardiography |
TEVAR | thoracic endovascular aortic repair |
TFC | Task Force Criteria |
TFE | turbo field echo |
TG | triglyceride |
TGA | transposition of the great arteries |
THR | target heart rate |
TI | inversion time |
TIA | transient ischemic attack |
TIMI | thrombolysis in myocardial infarction |
TIMP | tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases |
TL | true lumen |
TMA | trimethylammonium |
TN | true negative |
TOF | tetralogy of Fallot |
TP | true positive |
TP | tube prosthesis |
TPG | transpulmonary pressure gradient |
TPM | tissue phase mapping |
TPR | true positive rate |
TR | repetition time |
TR | tricuspid regurgitation |
TR | time resolved |
TS | saturation delay |
TSE | turbo spin echo |
TSL | spin lock times |
TT | transit time |
TTC | triphenyltetrazolium chloride |
TTE | transthoracic echocardiography |
TV | total variation |
TV | tricuspid valve |
TVI | time velocity integral |
TxREF | transmitter B1 reference |
UAV | unicuspid aortic valve |
UKBB | United Kingdom BioBank |
UL | upper limit |
US | ultrasound |
USPIO | ultrasmall particles of iron oxide |
UV | umbilical vein |
VA | ventricular arrhythmias |
VCAM | vascular cell adhesion molecule |
VCG | vector electrocardiogram |
VD | variable density |
VE | ventilator efficiency |
VENC | velocity encoded |
VES | ventricular extra-systoles |
VF | ventricular fibrillation |
VFA | variable flip angle |
VLA | vertical long axis |
VO2 | oxygen consumption |
VOL | volume |
Vp | propagation velocity |
VPS | visual presence score |
VR | volume rendered |
VSARR | valve sparing aortic root replacement |
VSD | ventricular septal defect |
VSMC | vascular smooth muscle cells |
VT | ventricular tachycardia |
VT | ventilator threshold |
VTE | venous thromboembolism |
VTS | visual transmurality score |
VV | interventricular |
Vwall | myocardial wall volume |
VWI | vessel wall imaging |
wb-LGE | wide band late gadolinium enhancement |
WC | waist circumference |
WE | water excitation |
WET | water suppression enhanced through T1 effects |
WH | whole heart |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WHR | waist hip ratio |
WHtR | waist to height ratio |
WIA | wave intensity analysis |
WISE | Women Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation |
WMA | wall motion abnormality |
WSS | wall shear stress |
WT | wall thickness |
WU | Wood units |
XA | x-ray angiography |
XMR | combined x-ray cardiac magnetic resonance laboratories |