| Abbreviations | Meaning |
 | ESCAPE | Evaluation Study Of Congestive Heart Failure And Pulmonary Artery Catheterization Effectiveness |
 | NHLBI-ICD | National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator [trial] |
 | GWTG | Get With The Guidelines [American Heart Association] |
 | DAH | Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage; Disordered Action Of The Heart |
 | BSCC | Bjrk-Shiley Convexo-concave [heart Valve]; British Society For Clinical Cytology |
 | BRH | Benign Recurrent Hematuria; British Regional Heart [study]; Bureau Of Radiological Health |
 | BHAT | Beta Blocker Heart Attack Trial |
 | CVHD | Chronic Valvular Heart Disease |
 | MH | Medtronic Hall (heart Valves) |
 | APPROACH | Alberta Provincial Project For Outcomes Assessment In Coronary Heart Disease |
 | AD-CHF | Acutely Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure |
 | HBP | Heartbeat Period; Hepatic Binding Protein; High Blood Pressure; Hospital-based Practice |
 | HRSUB | Submaximal Heart Rate |
 | RHMV | Right Heart Mixing Volume |
 | FBPM | Forward-backward Prony Method [spectral Analysis Of Heart Sounds] |