| 5-HT | 5-Hydroxytryptamine |
| ACh | Acetylcholine |
| AMB | Ambrisentan |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| BW | Body weight |
| CO | Cardiac output |
| CRC | Concentration-response curve |
| CTR | Control |
| dP/dtmax | The rate of rise in right ventricular pressure |
| dP/dtmin | The rate of decrease in right ventricular pressure |
| EDA | End-diastolic area |
| EDV | End-diastolic volume |
| EF | Ejection fraction |
| Emax | Maximum effect |
| ESA | End-systolic area |
| ESV | End-systolic volume |
| ET | Ejection time |
| ET-1 | Endothelin 1 |
| FAC | Fractional area change |
| FS | Fractional shortening |
| HE | Hematoxylin and eosin |
| HR | Heart rate |
| IDD | Internal diameter in diastole |
| IDS | Internal diameter in systole |
| ISO | Isoprenaline |
| LA | Left atrium |
| LV | Left ventricle |
| LV + S | Left ventricle with septum |
| LVWTd | Left ventricular wall thickness in diastole |
| LVWTs | Left ventricular wall thickness in systole |
| MCT | Monocrotaline |
| mPAP | Mean aulmonary artery pressure |
| PA | Pulmonary artery |
| PAAT | Pulmonary artery acceleration time |
| PAH | Pulmonary arterial hypertension |
| pEC50 | Negative logarithm of the concentration causing the half-maximum effect |
| PH | Pulmonary hypertension |
| PDE-5 | Phosphodiesterase 5 |
| RA | Right atrium |
| RV | Right ventricle |
| RVOT | Right ventricular outflow tract |
| RVSP | Right ventricular systolic pressure |
| RVWTd | Right ventricular wall thickness in diastole |
| RVWTs | Right ventricular wall thickness in systole |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| SNP | Sodium nitroprusside |
| SpO2 | Blood oxygen saturation |
| SV | Stroke volume |
| TAD | Tadalafil |
| TAPSE | Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion |
| TL | Tibia length |
| veh | Vehicle |
| VTI | Velocity time integral |