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. 2026 Sep 23;15(19):7400. doi: 10.3390/jcm15197400
Abbreviation Definition
AI Artificial intelligence
AVR Aortic valve replacement
BH Benjamini–Hochberg
BOA Body and organ analysis
CAV Coronary artery volume
CCTA Coronary computed tomography angiography
CI Confidence interval
CT Computed tomography
ECG Electrocardiogram/electrocardiographic
EuroSCORE II European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II
FDR False discovery rate
HF Heart failure
HR Hazard ratio
HU Hounsfield units
IMAT Intramuscular adipose tissue
IQR Interquartile range
LV Left ventricle/left ventricular
LV-EDV Left ventricular end-diastolic volume
LVEDDi Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter index
LVOT Left ventricular outflow tract
MACE Major adverse cardiovascular events
MR Mitral regurgitation
NT-proBNP N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide
NYHA New York Heart Association
PCA Principal component analysis
SD Standard deviation
STS Society of Thoracic Surgeons
STS-PROM Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality
TAPSE Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion
TAVR Transcatheter aortic valve replacement
TMVR Transcatheter mitral valve replacement