| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | APDP | [heart] Action Potential Duration-premature Stimulus |
 | RK | [heart Function] Restitution Constant |
 | OPTIME CHF | Outcomes Of A Prospective Trial Of Intravenous Milrinone For Exacerbations Of Chronic HeartFailure |
 | AVHD | Acquired Valvular Heart Disease |
 | HR | Heart Rate |
 | DHFS | Diet-Heart Feasibility Study |
 | CHD | Cyanotic Heart Disease |
 | BHIRS | Brain-heart Infusion And Rabbit Serum |
 | RHB | Regional Hospital Board [UK]; Right Heart Bypass |
 | PLET | Polymyxin, Lysosome, EDTA, Thallous Acetate [in Heart Infusion Agar] |
 | NHLI | National Heart And Lung Institute [NIH] |
 | AHMD | Alcoholic Heart Muscle Disease |
 | NHLBI-PTCA | National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty [registry] |
 | ALLHAT | Antihypertensive And Lipid-Lowering Treatment To Prevent Heart Attack Trial |
 | LHS | Left Heart Strain |