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. 2020 Dec 31;11(1):49. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11010049
A′ Myocardial late-diastolic velocity
ASD Atrial septal defect
ASE American Society of Echocardiography
AVV Atrioventricular valve(s)
BT Blalock–Taussig
CHD Congenital heart disease
CT Computed tomography
CW Continuous wave
D Diastolic
dPAP End-diastolic PAP
E’ Myocardial early diastolic velocity
EF Ejection fraction
EPPVDN European Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease Network
FAC Fractional area change
HLHS Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
HPAH Hereditary PAH
IPAH Idiopathic PAH
IVC Inferior vena cava
IVRT Isovolumic relaxation time
IVS Intraventricular septum
LA Left atrium/left atrial
LV Left ventricle
LVEDP LV end-diastolic pressure
LVesEI End-systolic LV eccentricity index
LVOT LV outflow tract
LVpsEIM Post-systolic maximal eccentricity index
MAPCAs Major aortopulmonary collateral arteries
mPAP Mean PAP
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
NYHA FC New York Heart Association functional class
PA Pulmonary artery
PAAT PA acceleration time
PAH Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PAH-CHD PAH associated with CHD
PAP Pulmonary artery pressure
SPAP Systolic PAP
PAWP PA wedge pressure
PDA Persistent ductus arteriosus
PH Pulmonary hypertension
PR Pulmonary regurgitation
PSAX Parasternal short axis
PVD Pulmonary vascular disease
PVR(i) Pulmonary vascular resistance (indexed)
PW Pulsed waved
RA Right atrium/right atrial
RAP Right atrial pressure
RVEDP RV end-diastolic pressure
RVEF RV ejection fraction
RVET RV ejection time
RVOT Right ventricular outflow tract
RVSP Right ventricular systolic pressure
S Systolic
S-TAPSE Subcostal TAPSE
S’ Myocardial systolic velocity
SBP Systolic blood pressure
TAPSE Tricuspid annular peak systolic excursion
TDI Tissue Doppler imaging
TOF Tetralogy of Fallot
TPG Transpulmonary gradient
TR(V) Tricuspid regurgitation (velocity)
TTE Transthoracic echocardiography
VEDP Ventricular end-diastolic pressure
VO2 peak Peak oxygen uptake
VSD Ventricular septal defects
VTI Velocity–time integral
VVI Ventricular–ventricular interactions
WSPH World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension