| 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 |