| Body mass index | BMI |
| Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | CPR |
| Catheter-directed thrombolysis | CDT |
| Chronic heart failure | CHF |
| Chronic obstructive lung disease | COPD |
| Computed tomography | CT |
| Computed tomography pulmonary angiography | CTPA |
| Electrocardiogram | ECG |
| European Society of Cardiology | ESC |
| Left ventricle | LV |
| N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide | NTproBNP |
| Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome | OSAS |
| Pulmonary embolism | PE |
| Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator | rt-PA |
| Right ventricle | RV |
| Standard deviation | SD |
| Systolic pulmonary artery pressure | sPAP |
| Transthoracic echocardiography | TTE |
| Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion | TAPSE |
| Ultrasound-accelerated thrombolysis | USAT |