| AcT | acceleration time |
| CI | cardiac index |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CTEPH | chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension |
| HR | heart rate |
| IQR | interquartile range |
| IVCex | inferior vena cava expiratory diameter |
| IVCin | inferior vena cava inspiratory diameter |
| IVCcoll | inferior vena cava collapsibility index |
| IRTB | multivariable model based on 4 predictors: IVCin, RAA, TAPSE and NTproBNP |
| LA | left atrium |
| MPA | main pulmonary artery diameter |
| mPAP | mean pulmonary arterial pressure |
| mRAP | mean right atrial pressure |
| n | number of cases |
| NTproBNP | N-terminated type B natriuretic pro-peptide |
| PAH | pulmonary arterial hypertension |
| PASP | systolic pulmonary arterial pressure |
| PH | pulmonary hypertension |
| PAWP | pulmonary artery wedge pressure |
| PVR | pulmonary vascular resistance |
| RAA | right atrium area |
| RVOT | right ventricle outflow tract |
| RVIT | right ventricle inflow tract |
| RV/LV | right ventricle to left ventricle diameters ratio |
| RV wall | right ventricle wall thickness |
| 6MWD | 6-minutes’ walk distance |
| TAPSE | tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion |
| TnT | troponin T |
| TRPG | tricuspid regurgitation peak gradient |
| SaO2 | arterial blood oxygenation |
| SvO2 | mixed venous oxygen saturation |
| WHO-FC | World Health Organization functional class |