Abbreviations
- 6MWD
6 minutes walking distance
- CI
Cardiac index
- CO
Cardiac output
- CT
Computed tomography
- CTEPH
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
- IVC
Inferior vena cava
- LA
Left atrium
- LPFB
Left posterior fascicular block
- LV
Left ventricle
- LVEDD
Left ventricle end-diastolic diameter
- LVPW
Left ventricle posterior wall
- PAI-1
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
- PH
Pulmonary hypertension
- PVR
Pulmonary vascular resistance
- RA
Right atrium
- RV
Right ventricle
- TAPSE
Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion
- VKORC-1
Vitamin K epOxide Reductase Complex subunit
- V/Q scan
Ventilation/Perfusion Scan
- PEA
Pulmonary endarterectomy
- PBA
Percutaneous balloon angioplasty
- RBBB
Right bundle branch block
- EKG
Electrocardiogram
- TTE
Trans thoracic echocardiography
- CT
Computed tomography
- CAD
Coronary artery disease
- POVD
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
- WHO
World Health Organisation
- NYHA
New York Heart Association
- PH
Pulmonary hypertension
- MDRD
Modification of Diet in Renal Disease
- EDTA
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid
- PCR-RFLP
Polymerase Chain Reaction - Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism