| AUC | area under the ROC curve |
| CTEPH | chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension |
| CI | confidence intervals |
| ESC | European Society of Cardiology |
| HR | heart rate |
| ISTH | International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis |
| MD | mean/median differences |
| NPV | negative predictive value |
| NT-proBNP | N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide |
| OR | odds ratio |
| PE | pulmonary embolism |
| PH | pulmonary hypertension |
| PPV | positive predictive value |
| RHC | right heart catheterisation |
| sPESI | simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| VTE | venous thromboembolism |