ALARA |
as low as reasonable achievable |
ASO |
arterial switch operation |
ATP |
adenosine triphosphate |
AV |
atrioventricular |
CA |
coronary artery |
CAD |
coronary artery disease |
CAV |
coronary artery vasculopathy |
CFR |
coronary flow reserve |
CMD |
coronary microvascular dysfunction |
CMR |
cardiovascular magnetic resonance |
CT |
computed tomography |
CTCA |
computed tomography coronary angiography |
DSE |
dobutamine stress echocardiography |
EANM |
European Association of Nuclear Medicine |
ESE |
exercise stress echocardiography |
FFR |
fractional flow reserve |
GBCA |
gadolinium-based contrast agent |
HR |
heart rate |
ICDs |
implantable cardioverter defibrillators |
IMR |
index of microcirculatory resistance |
KD |
Kawasaki disease |
LGE |
late gadolinium enhancement |
LV |
left ventricle |
MBF |
myocardial blood flow |
MPR |
myocardial perfusion reserve |
MRI |
magnetic resonance imaging |
Ms |
milliseconds |
NSF |
nephrogenic systemic fibrosis |
PET |
positron emission tomography |
QGS |
quantitative gated SPECT |
RCA |
right coronary artery |
ROI |
region of interest |
RV |
right ventricle |
SPECT |
single-photon emission computerized tomography |
TGA |
transposition of the great arteries |