| MV | mitral vavle |
| TV | tricuspid valve |
| AV | aortic valve |
| PV | pulmonary valve |
| CFD | computational fluid dynamics |
| ISO | international organization for standardization |
| FDA | food and drug administration |
| FSI | fluid–structure interaction |
| IB | immersed boundary |
| FEM | finite-element method |
| 2D | two-dimensional |
| 3D | three-dimensional |
| CT | computed tomography |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| ALE | arbitrary Lagrangian–Eulerian |
| SPH | smoothed-particle hydrodynamics |
| GPU | graphics processing unit |