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. 2025 Sep 3;12(9):1175. doi: 10.3390/children12091175
ACHD Adult Congenital Heart Disease
ASD Atrial Septal Defect
AT Anaerobic Threshold
AVSD Atrioventricular Septal Defect
BR Breathing Reserve
ccTGA Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
CHD Congenital Heart Disease
CI Chronotropic Incompetence
CPET Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
D-TGA Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries
EOV Exercise Oscillatory Ventilation
ES Eisenmenger Syndrome
FEV1 Forced Expiratory Volume in one second
FVC Forced Vital Capacity
HF Heart Failure
HR Heart Rate
HRQoL Health-Related Quality of Life
HRR Heart Rate Reserve
IPAH Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
MACE Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events
MVV Maximum Voluntary Ventilation
NYHA New York Heart Association
PDA Patent Ductus Arteriosus
PH Pulmonary Hypertension
RER Respiratory Exchange Ratio
RV Right Ventricle
RV-PA Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery
RVOTO Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
SpO2 Peripheral Oxygen Saturation
TGA Transposition of the Great Arteries
ToF Tetralogy of Fallot
rToF repaired ToF—Tetralogy of Fallot
VCO2 Carbon Dioxide Output
VD/VT Dead Space to Tidal Volume Ratio
VE Minute Ventilation
VE/VCO2 slope Ventilation to Carbon Dioxide Output Slope
VE/VO2 Ventilation to Oxygen Uptake Slope
VO2 Oxygen Consumption
VO2 peak/Peak VO2 Peak Oxygen Consumption
VSD Ventricular Septal Defect