Most commonly used echocardiographic abbreviations
Only use abbreviation if used more than 3 times in manuscript.
Abbreviation
A
A'
Adur
Adur:Ardur
AI
AMVL
Ao
AR
ARdur
AT
AT:ET
AV
AVC
AVO
CAM
CFD
CI
CO
CSA
D
DE
DTE
p
E
EAfus
E'
E:A
E':A'
E'A'fus
E:E'
EDV
EDVI
E:IVRT
EPSS
EF
EROA
ESV
ESVI
Definition
Peak velocity of late transmitral flow
Peak velocity of diastolic mitral
annular motion as determined by
pulsed wave Doppler
Duration of the A wave
Ratio of Adur to ARdur
Aortic insufficiency
Anterior (anteromedial) mitral valve
leaflet
Aorta
Peak velocity of pulmonary vein
flow reversal at atrial contraction
Duration of the AR wave
Acceleration time
Ratio of AT to ET
Aortic valve
Aortic valve closure
Aortic valve opening
Chordal anterior motion
Color flow Doppler
Cardiac index
Cardiac output
Cross sectional area
Peak velocity of diastolic pulmonary
vein flow
Doppler echocardiography
Deceleration time of early diastolic
transmitral flow
Pressure gradient
Peak velocity of early diastolic
transmitral flow
Peak velocity of summated E and A
waves
Peak velocity of early diastolic
mitral annular motion as determined
by pulsed wave Doppler
Ratio of E to A
Ratio of E' to A'
Peak velocity of summated E' and A'
waves
Ratio of E to E'
End-diastolic volume
End-diastolic volume index
Ratio of E to IVRT
E-point-to-septal separation
Ejection fraction
Effective regurgitant orifice area
End-systolic volume
End-systolic volume index
Dimension
m/s
cm/s
ms
dimensionless
m/s
ms
ms
dimensionless
mL/min/m2
mL/min
cm2
m/s
ms
mmHg
m/s
m/s
cm/s
dimensionless
dimensionless
cm/s
dimensionless
mL
mL/m2
dimensionless
mm
%
cm2
mL
mL/m2
ET
E:Vp
FAC
FS
HR
IMP
IVCT
IVRT
IVS
IVSd
IVSs
IVS%
LA
LA:Ao
LAD
LA area
LAA
LAA flow
LAmax
lat
LV
LVIDd
LVIDs
LVOT
LVPW
LVPWd
LVPW%
LVPWs
Mid-LVO
MPA
MR
MV
MVA
MVG
MVO
MVC
PEP
PEP:ET
PA
PH
PHT
Ejection time
Ratio of E to Vp
Fractional Area Change
Fractional shortening
Heart rate
Index of Myocardial Performance
Isovolumic (isovolumetric)
contraction time
Isovolumic (or isovolumetric)
relaxation time
Interventricular septum
Interventricular septum thickness at
end-diastole
Interventricular septum thickness at
end-systole
Fractional thickening of the IVS
Left atrium
Ratio of the left atrial dimension to
the aortic annulus dimension
Left atrial diameter
Left atrial area
Left auricular appendage
Peak velocity in LAA
Maximum LA dimension from a
right parasternal short axis heart
base view (measured from a twodimensional image)
Lateral
Left ventricle
Left ventricular internal dimension
at end-diastole
Left ventricular internal dimension
at end-systole
Left ventricular outflow tract
Left ventricular posterior wall
Left ventricular posterior wall
thickness at end-diastole
Fractional thickening of the left
ventricular posterior wall
Left ventricular posterior wall
thickness at end-systole
Mid-left ventricular obstruction
Main pulmonary artery
Mitral regurgitation
Mitral valve
Mitral valve area
Myocardial velocity gradient
Mitral valve opening
Mitral valve closure
Preejection period
Ratio of PEP to ET
Pulmonary artery
Pulmonary hypertension
Pressure half time
ms
dimensionless
%
%
min-1
dimensionless
ms
ms
mm
mm
%
dimensionless
mm
cm2
m/s
mm
mm
mm
mm
%
mm
cm2
cm/s
ms
dimensionless
dimensionless
ms
PI
PMVL
PPM
PV
RA
RAD
RAA
RV
RVDd
RVDs
RVOT
S
S'
SAM
sept
SFF
SR ()
SrR
SV
SVI
2D
3D
4D
TAPSE
TDI
TR
TV
Vmax
Vp
VTI
Pulmonic insufficiency
Posterior (posterolateral) mitral
valve leaflet
Papillary muscles
Pulmonary valve
Right atrium
Right atrial diameter
Right auricular appendage
Right ventricle
Right ventricular dimension at enddiastole
Right ventricular dimension at endsystole
Right ventricular outflow tract
Peak velocity of systolic pulmonary
vein flow
Peak velocity of systolic mitral
annular motion as determined by
pulsed wave Doppler
Systolic anterior motion
Septal
Systolic filling fraction of
pulmonary vein flow
Strain
Strain rate
Stroke volume
Stroke volume index
two-dimensional
three-dimensional
four-dimensional
Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic
Excursion
Tissue Doppler Imaging
Tricuspid regurgitation
Tricuspid valve
Peak velocity
Peak velocity of early diastolic flow
as determined by color M-mode
flow propagation
Velocity time integral
mm
mm
mm
m/s
cm/s
%
%
1/s
mL
mL/m2
mm
m/s
cm/s
cm