Below is a list of common abbreviations for congenital heart defects and the
syndromes that are seen with heart defects.
|
Abbreviation |
Definition |
|
ALCAPA |
Anomalous Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary
Artery |
|
AS |
Aortic Stenosis |
| |
Aortic Valve Atresia |
|
ASD |
Atrial Septal Defect |
|
AV Canal or AVSD |
Atrioventricular Canal Defect |
|
BAV |
Bicuspid Aortic Valve |
| |
Cleft Mitral Valve |
|
CoA |
Coarctation of the Aorta |
|
CAVC or CAVSD |
Complete Atrioventricular Canal Defect |
|
CCHB |
Complete Congenital Heart Block |
|
CCAVF |
Congenital Coronary ArterioVenous Fistula |
|
CHB |
Congenital Heart Block |
|
ccTGA |
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great
Arteries (same as ccTGV) |
|
ccTGV |
Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great
Vessels (same as ccTGA) |
| |
Dextrocardia |
|
DCM |
Dialated Cardiomyopathy |
| |
DiGeorge Syndrome |
|
DAA |
Double Aortic Arch |
|
DCRV |
Double Chambered Right Ventricle |
|
DILV |
Double Inlet Left Ventricle |
|
DOLV |
Double Outlet Left Ventricle |
|
DORV |
Double Outlet Right Ventricle |
|
EA |
Ebstein's Anomaly |
|
EDS |
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome |
| |
Eisenmenger Syndrome |
| |
Heterotaxy Syndrome |
| |
Holt-Oram Syndrome |
| |
Hunter Syndrome |
| |
Hurler Syndrome |
|
HCM |
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy |
| |
Hypoplastic Ascending Aorta |
|
HLHS |
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome |
|
HRHS |
Hypoplastic Right Heart Syndrome |
| |
Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava |
|
IAA |
Interupted Aortic Arch |
| |
Kartagener syndrome |
|
LAI |
Left Atrial Isomerism |
|
LBBB |
Left Bundle Branch Block |
|
LVOTO |
Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction |
|
LDS |
Loeys Dietz Syndrome |
| |
Long QT Syndrome |
|
LGL |
Lown-Gangong-Levine Syndrome |
| |
Marfan Syndrome |
|
MVP |
Mitral Valve Prolapse |
|
MAPCA |
Multiple Aorto-Pulmonary Collateral Arterials |
| |
Noonan Syndrome |
|
PAT |
Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia |
|
PSVT |
Paroxysmal SupraVentricular Tachycardia |
|
PAPVR |
Partially Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return |
|
PDA |
Patent Ductus Arterious |
|
PFO |
Patent Foramen Ovale |
|
LSVC |
Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava |
| |
Pseudotruncus Arteriosus |
|
PA |
Pulmonary Atresia |
|
PHT |
Pulmonary Hypertension |
|
PS |
Pulmonary Stenosis |
| |
Quadricuspid Pulmonary Valve |
|
RAA |
Right Aortic Arch |
|
RAI |
Right Atrial Isomerism |
|
RBBB |
Right Bundle Branch Block |
|
RVOTO |
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction |
| |
Scimitar Syndrome |
| |
Shone Complex (Syndrome) |
|
SV |
Single Ventricle |
|
SubAS |
Subaortic Stenosis |
|
SVAS |
Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis |
|
SVT |
SupraVentricular Tachycardia |
| |
Taussig-Bing Anomaly |
|
TOF |
Tetralogy of Fallot |
|
TAPVD |
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage |
|
TAPVR |
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return |
|
TGA |
Transposition of the Great Arteries (same as TGV) |
|
TGV |
Transposition of the Great Vessels (same as TGA) |
|
TA |
Tricuspid Atresia |
|
TA |
Truncus Arteriosis |
| |
Turner Syndrome |
| |
Uhl Anomaly |
| |
VATER Syndrome |
|
VSD |
Ventricular Septal Defect |
| |
Williams Syndrome |
|
WPW |
Wolfe-Parkinson-White Syndrome |
