Abbreviations and definitions

Abbreviation	Definition	Description
BP	Blood pressure	The pressure within arteries
CE mark	Conformité Européene	European Union conformity marking
CF-LVAD	Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device	Surgically implanted device to assist the failing heart, producing a continuous outflow into the main arterial circulation
CF-LVAD+AP	Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device with “artificial pulse”	Similar to CF-LVAD, but with a regular alteration of the continuous flow by change in pump speed
DBP	Diastolic blood pressure	The minimum blood pressure during one cardiac cycle
EEP	Energy equivalent pressure	Hemodynamic energy associated with pressure-flow waveforms
FDA	Food and Drug Administration	Federal agency responsible for drug and device approvals in the USA
LVAD	Left ventricular assist device	Mechanical device surgically implanted to support the failing heart.
MAP	Mean arterial pressure	The average blood pressure over one cardiac cycle
PP	Pulse pressure	The difference between systolic and diastolic blood pressure
SBP	Systolic blood pressure	The maximum blood pressure during one cardiac cycle