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Commonly Used Abbreviations in
Pediatric Cardiology
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| AI | aortic insufficiency |
| ALCA | anomalous left coronary artery |
| AO | aorta |
| AS | aortic stenosis |
| ASD | atrial septal defect |
| AVB | atrioventricular block |
| AVC | atrioventricular canal |
| AVR | aortic valve replacement |
| DILV | double inlet left ventricle |
| DORV | double outlet right ventricle |
| d-TGA | transposition of the great arteries with normal looping of the heart |
| ECG | electrocardiography |
| EKG | electrocardiography |
| HLH | hypoplastic left heart syndrome |
| HTN | hypertension |
| LA | left atrium |
| LAE | left aerial enlargement |
| LPA | left pulmonary artery |
| l-TGA | transposition of the great arteries with abnormal looping of the heart |
| LV | left ventricle |
| LVH | left ventricular hypertrophy |
| LVOT | left ventricular outflow tract |
| MPA | main pulmonary artery |
| MR | mitral regurgitation |
| PDA | patent ductus arteriosus |
| PFO | patent foramen ovale |
| PI | pulmonary insufficiency |
| PS | pulmonary stenosis |
| RA | right atrium |
| RAE | right atrial enlargement |
| RHD | rheumatic heart disease |
| RPA | right pulmonary artery |
| RSR' | a type of QRS complex waves on electrocardiograph |
| RV | right ventricle |
| RVH | right ventricular hypertrophy |
| SBE | subacute bacterial endocarditis |
| SV | single ventricle |
| TAPVR | total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage |
| TR | tricuspid regurgitation |
| TOF | tetralogy of Fallot |
| VSD | ventricular septal defect |
| WPW | Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome |
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