| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | VACTERL | Vertebral Abnormalities, Anal Atresia, Cardiac Abnormalities, Tracheoesophageal Fistula And/or Esophageal Atresia, Renal Agenesis And Dysplasia, And Limb Defects [association] |
 | NCR | No Cardiac Resuscitation |
 | CMO | Cardiac Minute Output; Chief Medical Officer; Comfort Measures Only; Competitive Medical Organization; Corticosterone Methyloxidase |
 | CVIS | Cardiovascular Imaging System |
 | 2DE | Two-dimensional Echocardiography |
 | ABCDEFGH | Air Ways, Bones, Cardiac Shadow, Diaphragm, Effusions, Fields (pulmonary), Gastric, Hardware (chest X-ray Reading Mnemonic) |
 | AVF | Unipolar Limb Lead On The Left Leg In Electrocardiography |
 | CPCR | Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation; Center For Primary Care Research |
 | HOMC | Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy |
 | CC | Cardiac Contusion |
 | CSRS | Cardiac Surgery Reporting System |
 | CRG | Cardiorespirogram; Central Respiratory Generator; Collaborative Review Group |
 | PPS | Postpericardiotomy Syndrome |
 | RACE | Rapid Assessment Of Cardiac Enzymes |
 | ECC | Emergency Cardiac Care |