AAA

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM

ALL

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA

ASHD

ATERIOSCLEROTIC HEART DISEASE

AV NODE

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE

CABG

CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT

CML

CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA

CVP

CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE

DIC

DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION

DVT

DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

EF

EJECTION FRACTION

H&H

HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMATOCRIT

Hct, HCT

HEMATOCRIT

HCTZ

HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE

ITP

IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA

JVD

JUGULAR VENOUS DISTENTION

LAD

LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY

LADD

LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING DIAGONAL ARTERY

LDH

LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE

LVF

LEFT VENTRICAL FUNCTION

MUGA scan

MULTIPLE GATED ACQUISITION SCAN

PMI

POINT OF MAXIMAL INTESITY OR IMPULSE

PND

PAROXYSMAL NOTURNAL DYSPNEA

PT

PROTHROMBIN TIME

PTT

PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME

PTCA

PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY

tPA

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR

TTP

THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA