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Cardiology Abbreviations and Diagnosis
AO Clinic=Aortopathy Clinic, UCP Clinic=UCHAMP Clinic, IA Clinic=Inherited Arrhythmia Clinic
Abbreviation Diagnosis Provider/Specialty Ablation EP Clinic Aortic Aneurysm AO Clinic Aortic Dissection AO Clinic AI Aortic Insufficiency ALCAPA Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery AR (AKA AI) Aortic Regurgitation (AKA Aortic Insufficiency) Aortic Root Dilation/Dilatation AS Aortic Stenosis Aortopathy AO Clinic ALTE Apparent Life-Threatening Event UCP Clinic Arrhythmia (Anything except sinus rhythm) Possibly EP Clinic ARVD (AKA ARVC) Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia UCP Clinic AV Atrioventricular ASC AO Ascending Aorta AET Atrial Ectopic Tachycardia EP Clinic A Flutter Atrial Flutter EP Clinic A-Fib Atrial Fibrillation EP-IA Clinic ASD Atrial Septal Defect Atrial Tach Atrial Tachycardia AVB Atrioventricular Block (1st, 2nd, 3rd^ degree heart block) AVNRT Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia EP Clinic AVSD (AKA: AVC) Atrioventricular Septal Defect (AKA: AV Canal) Beal’s Syndrome (Congenital Contractual Arachnodactyly)
AO Clinic
BAV Bicuspid Aortic Valve BVH Biventricular Hypertrophy BT Shunt Blalock-Taussig Shunt Bradycardia Possibly EP Clinic Brugada Syndrome EP-IA Clinic Cardiomegaly CLD Chronic Lung Disease PH Clinic CHARGE Syndrome CM Cardiomyopathy
- Adriamycin
- Chemotherapy Induced
- Dilated (DCM)
- Family Hx of
- Hypertrophic (HCM or HOCM)
- Left Ventricular Non-Compaction (LVNC)
- Pacer induced (may also see EP)
- Restrictive (RCM)
UCP Clinic
CPVT Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
EP-IA Clinic
CP Chest Pain COA Coarctation of Aorta CHB/CCHB Complete Heart Block/Complete Congenital Heart Block
EP Clinic
CDH Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia CHD Congenital Heart Defect ACHD Clinic if over 18 CHF Congestive Heart Failure UCP Clinic Connective Tissue Disorder AO Clinic CAD Coronary Artery Disease Dextrocardia DTGA/TGA/CCTGA Dextro-Transposition of the Great Arteries/Congenitally Corrected Dilated Aorta Possibly AO Clinic
MS Mitral Stenosis/Multiple Sclerosis MVP Mitral Valve Prolapse MPS I Mucopolysaccharidosis UCP Clinic MAT Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia EP Clinic Murmur MD/DMD Muscluar Dystrophy/Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy/Becker’s Myotonic Dystrophy UCP Clinic O2 Sats/Sats Oxygen Saturations (testing) Pacer EP Clinic Plastic Bronchitis UCP Clinic Palpitations Possibly EP Clinic PAPVR Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return PDA Patent Ductus Arteriosis PFO Patent Foramen Ovale Pectus Caranatum (pigeon chest) Pectus Excavatum (sunken chest) PJRT Permanent Junctional Reciprocating Tachycardia POTS Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (AKA Dysautonomia or Autonomic Dysfunction)
Possibly EP Clinic
PAC’s Premature Atrial Contractions Possibly EP Clinic PVC’s Premature Ventricular Contractions Possibly EP Clinic Progressive Conduction System/Disease or Disorder
EP-IA Clinic
PA Pulmonary Atresia PA/IVS Pulmonary Atresia w/Intact Ventricular Septum PH Pulmonary Hypertension PH Clinic PI Pulmonary Insufficency PS Pulmonary Stenosis RF Rheumatic Fever RHD Rheumatic Heart Disease
RAE Right Atrial Enlargement RAD Right Axis Deviation/Rightward Axis RBBB Right Bundle Branch Block Possibly EP Clinic RVE Right Ventricular Enlargment RVH Right Ventricular Hypertrophy SCD Sudden Cardiac Death EP Clinic SIDS Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SOB Short of Breath SSS Sick Sinus Syndrome SND Sinus Node Dysfunction EP Clinic SBE Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis SVT Supraventricular Tachycardia EP Clinic Syncope Tachycardia Possibly EP Clinic TOF Tetrology of Fallot Thrombosis TAPVR Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return TA Tricuspid Atresia Turner’s Syndrome (hearing loss, celiac disease, thyroid dysfunction, early onset ischemic heart disease, HTN, heart defects)
AO Clinic
TTT Twin-Twin Transfusion Fetal Clinic TX Heart Transplant TX Clinic Ventricular Dysfunction UCP Clinic VF Ventricular Fibrillation EP Clinic VSD Ventricular Septal Defect VT Ventricular Tachycardia EP Clinic WPW Wolf-Parkinson-White (AKA: Pre: excitation) EP Clinic
