ACHD |
Atherosclerotic Coronary Heart Disease |
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ACHIEVE |
Accupril Congestive Heart Failure Investigation And Economic Variable Evaluation |
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AD-CHF |
Acutely Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure |
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AE |
Aryepiglottic |
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AE |
Apoenzyme |
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AH |
artificial heart |
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AHA |
American Heart Association |
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AHA/ACC |
American Heart Association/American College Of Cardiology |
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AHD |
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease |
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AHES |
artificial heart energy system |
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AHF |
Acute Heart Failure |
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AHF SCENE |
Advanced Heart Failure Shared Clinical Experience Network |
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AHMA |
Antiheart Muscle Autoantibody |
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AHMD |
Alcoholic Heart Muscle Disease |
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AHR |
atrial heart rate |
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AHR |
Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor |
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ALLHAT |
Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment To Prevent Heart Attack Trial |
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ANZ |
Australia and New Zealand |
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APD |
VERP)/action potential duration |
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APDB |
Action Potential Duration-baseline Beat |
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APDP |
Action Potential Duration-premature Stimulus |
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APPROACH |
Alberta Provincial Project for Outcomes Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease |
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ASHD |
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease |
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ASHD |
Atrioseptal Heart Disease |
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ASHD |
AtheroSclerotic Heart Disease |
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AVHD |
Acquired Valvular Heart Disease |
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AVHS |
acquired valvular heart syndrome |
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BASH |
Body Acceleration Synchronous With Heart Rate |
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BCHT |
Bicaval Heart Transplantation |
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BFHR |
Basal Fetal Heart Rate |
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BHAT |
Beta-Blocker Heart Attack Trial |
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BHF |
British Heart Foundation |
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BHFS |
Benzapril Heart Failure Study |
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BHI |
Brain-heart Infusion |
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BHIA |
Brain-Heart Infusion Agar |
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BHIBA |
Brain-Heart Infusion Blood Agar |
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BHIRS |
Brain-heart Infusion And Rabbit Serum |
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BHIS |
beef heart infusion supplemented |
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BHR |
basal heart rate |
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BHS |
Bogalusa Heart Study |
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BHS |
Brisighella Heart Study |
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BMH |
Biomechanical Heart |
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BRH |
British Regional Heart |
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BRHS |
British Regional Heart Study |
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CAHD |
Coronary Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease |
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CARMEN |
Carvedilol Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Remodelling Mild Heart Failure Evaluation |
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CASCO |
Calcium Sensitization in Congestive Heart Failure |
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CASHD |
Coronary Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease |
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CCF |
congestive heart failure |
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CCHD |
Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease |
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CCHD |
Caephilly Collaborative Heart Disease |
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CCHP |
Corpus Christi Heart Project |
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CCHS |
Copenhagen City Heart Study |
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CEHC |
calf embryonic heart cell |
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CESNA II |
Comparative Efficacy And Safety Of Nisoldipine And Amlodipine |
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CHANGE |
Chronic Heart Failure And Graded Exercise |
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CHAOS |
Cambridge Heart Antioxidant Study |
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CHAPS |
Carvedilol Heart Attack Pilot Study |
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CHARM |
Candesartan In Heart Failure Assessment In Reduction Of Mortality |
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CHB |
congenital heart block |
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CHB |
Complete Heart Block |
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CHD |
Coronary Heart Disease |
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CHD |
Congenital Heart Disease |
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CHD |
Cyanotic heart disease |
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CHF |
Congestive Heart Failure |
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CHF |
Chronic Heart Failure |
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CHF-IES |
Congestive Heart Failure-Italian Epidemiological Study |
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CHF-STAT |
Congestive Heart Failure-Survival Trial Of Antiarrhythmic Therapy |
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CHFDT |
Congestive Heart Failure Data Tool |
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CHIME |
Coloboma, Heart Anomaly, Ichthyosis, Mental Retardation, Ear Abnormality |
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CHLS |
combined heart and lung surgery |
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CHOICE |
Congestive Heart Failure Mortality: Investigation On Carvedilol's Efficacy |
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CHOICE |
Caring For Hypertension On Initiation: Cost And Effectiveness |
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CHOICES |
Cancer, Heart Disease, Osteoporosis Interventions, And Community Evaluation Studies |
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CHS |
Charleston Heart Study |
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CHS |
Coronary Heart Study |
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CHS |
Congenital Heart Surgeons Society study |
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CHS |
Copenhagen City Heart Study |
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CHT |
classical heart transplantation |
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CLA |
closed loop algorithm |
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CLH |
cleft limb-heart |
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CM |
CarboMedics |
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CMH |
Congenital Malformation of the Heart |
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CNTHM |
Conotruncal Heart Malformation |
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CONGHD |
Congenital Heart Disease |
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CSCHDS |
Caerphilly and Speedwell Collaborative Heart Disease Studies |
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CVHD |
chronic valvular heart disease |
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DAH |
Disordered Action of the Heart |
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DHFS |
Diet-Heart Feasibility Study |
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DIAMOND-CHF |
Danish Investigation Of Arrhythmia And Mortality On Dofetilide In Congestive Heart Failure |
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DRFS |
Dundee Rank Factor Score |
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EH |
Enlarged Heart |
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EHV |
electric heart vector |
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EHVT |
Edinburgh Heart Valve Trial |
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EIHDW |
Evaluation of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women |
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ELVD-CHF |
Exercise In Left Ventricular Dysfunction And Chronic Heart Failure |
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ENRICAD |
Enhancing Recovery In Coronary Heart Disease |
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ENRICHD |
Enchancing Recovery In Coronary Heart Disease Patients |
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ESCAPE |
evaluation study of congestive heart failure and pulmonary artery catheterization effectiveness |
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EUROWINTER |
European Study On Cold Exposure And Winter Mortality From Ischemic Heart Disease |
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FBPM |
forward-backward Prony method |
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FH |
Fetal Heart |
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FHF |
fetal heart frequency |
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FHH |
Fetal Heart Heard |
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FHNH |
Fetal Heart not Heard |
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FHR |
Fetal Heart Rate |
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FHRNST |
Fetal Heart Rate Nonstress Test |
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FHS |
Framingham Heart Study |
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FHS |
Fetal heart sound |
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FHS |
Family Heart Study |
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FHT |
fetal heart tone |
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FHT |
Fetal Heart Tracing |
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FP |
fast pathway |
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GWTG |
Get with the Guidelines |
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H |
Hearth |
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H&L |
Heart And Lung |
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H-L-K |
Heart, Liver, And Kidneys |
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HAL |
Heart Attacks in London |
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HAPORT |
Heart Attack Patient Outcome Research Team |
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HAPPHY |
Heart Attack Primary Prevention in Hypertension |
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HASHD |
Hypertensive Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease |
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HB |
Heart Block |
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HBP |
Heartbeat Period |
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HCA |
heart cell aggregate |
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HD |
Heart Disease |
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HDDRISC |
Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk Indicators in a Screened Cohort |
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HDH |
heart disease history |
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HDP |
Heart Disease Program |
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HDRF |
Heart Disease Research Foundation |
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he |
heart |
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HeFT |
heart failure trial |
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HEHR |
Highest Equivalent Heart Rate |
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HELP |
Heart European Leaders Panel |
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HERS |
Heart And Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Study |
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HF |
Heart Failure |
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Hfr |
heart frequency |
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HHD |
Hypertensive Heart Disease |
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HHP |
Honolulu Heart Program |
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HHS |
Helsinki Heart Study |
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HHS |
Hyperkinetic Heart Syndrome |
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HHS |
Honolulu Heart Study |
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HHT |
Heterotopic Heart Transplantation |
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HI |
heart infusion |
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Hib |
heart infusion broth |
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HIC |
Heart Information Center |
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HL |
Heart And Lungs |
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HLA |
Heart Lungs Abdomen |
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HLHS |
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome |
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HLK |
Heart, Liver, Kidney |
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HLM |
Heart-Lung Machine |
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HLR |
Heart-to-lung Ratio |
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HLT |
Heart-lung Transplantation |
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HLTX |
Heart-lung Transplant |
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HM |
Heart Murmur |
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HMO |
heart minute output |
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HPLH |
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome |
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HPS |
Heart Protection Study |
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HR |
Heart Rate |
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HRA |
heart rate audiometry |
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HRA |
heart-reactive antibody |
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HRF |
Heart rate fluctuations |
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HRMAX |
Maximal Heart Rate |
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HRR |
Heart Rate Range |
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HRRI |
heart rate retardation index |
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HRRR |
Heart regular rate and rhythm |
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HRSUB |
Submaximal Heart Rate |
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hrt |
heart rate |
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HRT |
Heart Rate Training (exercise) |
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HRV |
BACKGROUND:Heart rate variability |
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HS |
Heart Sounds |
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HSEP |
heart synchronized evoked potential |
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ht |
Heart Trouble |
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ht |
Heart Throb |
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HTHD |
Hypertensive Heart Disease |
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HTx |
Heart Transplantation |
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HV |
heart volume |
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HW |
heart weight |
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HWBW |
Heart Weight to Body Weight |
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HWD |
Heartworm Disease |
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HWI |
Heart weight index |
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HWI |
Heart work index |
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I(TO) |
Transient Outward Current |
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IAH |
implantable artificial heart |
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IB |
Background Sodium Current |
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ICHD |
Intersociety Commission for Heart Disease Resources |
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ICL |
Chloride Ionic Current |
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IDHS |
Indian Diet Heart Study |
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If |
hyperpolarization-activated current |
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IHD |
Ischemic Heart Disease |
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IHD SDP |
Ischemic Heart Disease Shared Decision-Making Program |
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IHDI |
Ischemic Heart Disease Index |
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IHDPORT |
Ischemic Heart Disease Patient Outcomes Research Team |
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IHHS |
idiopathic hyperkinetic heart syndrome |
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IHR |
Intrinsic Heart Rate |
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IIHD |
Israeli Ischemic Heart Disease |
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IK-ACH |
Acetylcholine-induced Potassium Current |
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IKADO |
Outward Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Current |
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IKI |
Inward Rectifier Current |
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IKP |
Plateau Potassium Current |
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IKR |
Rectified Potassium Current |
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IN-CHF |
Italian Network Congestive Heart Failure |
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INa |
inward sodium current |
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ISHLT |
The International Society For Heart And Lung Transplantation |
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Isht |
International Society for Heart Transplantation |
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Kihd |
Kuopio Ischemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study |
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L&H |
Lungs and heart |
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L/H |
Lung-to-heart |
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LD1 |
Isoenzyme Of Lactate Dehydrogenase Found In The Heart, Erythrocytes, And Kidneys |
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LH |
left heart |
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LHBV |
Left Heart Blood Volume |
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LHC |
Left Heart Catheterization |
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LHF |
Left Heart Failure |
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LHS |
left heart strain |
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LHS |
Lung Heart Study |
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LHT |
Lifestyle Heart Trial |
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LIHFE |
living with heart failure |
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LRL |
lower rate limit |
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M-HART |
Montreal Heart Attack Readjustment Trial |
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MACH |
Mortality Assessment in Congestive Heart Failure |
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MBPM |
modified backward Prony method |
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MDHR |
maximum determined heart rate |
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MERIT-HF |
Metoprolol Controlled-release Randomised Intervention Trial in Heart Failure |
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MH |
Medtronic Hall |
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MHD |
Mulberry Heart Disease |
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MHFT |
Munich Mild Heart Failure Trial |
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MHHP |
Minnesota Heart Health Program |
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MHHS |
Minnesota Heart Health Survey |
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MHR |
Maternal Heart Rate |
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MHS |
Minnesota Heart Survey |
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MHV |
Magnetic Heart Vector |
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MICRO-HOPE |
Microalbuminuria, Cardiovascular And Renal Outcomes-Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation |
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MISCHF |
Management to Improve Survival in Congestive Heart Failure |
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MLCCHF |
Multicenter Lisinopril Captopril Congestive Heart Failure |
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MOCHA |
Multicenter Oral Carvedilol In Heart Failure Assessment |
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MPHR |
Maximum Predicted Heart Rate |
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MRC/BHF |
Medical Research Council, British Heart Foundation Heart Protection Study |
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NAHC |
National Advisory Heart Council |
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NDHS |
National Diet-Heart Study |
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NHAAP |
National Heart Attack Alert Program |
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NHBCD |
Non-Heart-Beating Cadaver Donor |
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NHF |
National Heart Foundation |
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NHI |
National Heart Institute |
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NHLBI |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
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NHLBI II |
National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute Type II |
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NHLBI-ICD |
National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator |
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NHLBI-PTCA |
National Heart, Lung And Blood Institute Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty |
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NHLBITS |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Twin Study |
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NHLI |
National Heart and Lung Institute |
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NHS-1 |
First Natural History Study |
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NHS-2 |
Second Natural History Study |
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NIPS |
Noninvasive Programmed heart Stimulation |
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NPHS |
Northwick Park Heart Study |
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NYHA |
New York Heart Association |
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NYHAFC |
New York Heart Association Functional Class |
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OH |
open heart |
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OHD |
Organic Heart Disease |
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OHS |
Open Heart Surgery |
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OHT |
Orthotopic Heart Transplantation |
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OHT |
Oslo Heart Trial |
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OPTIME |
Outcomes Of A Prospective Trial Of Intravenous Milrinone For Exacerbations |
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OPTIME CHF |
Outcomes Of A Prospective Trial Of Intravenous Milrinone For Exacerbations Of Chronic HeartFailure |
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PHARM |
Pharmacist In Heart Failure: Assessment, Recommendation And Monitoring |
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PHAVER |
Pterygia-heart Defects-autosomal Recessive Inheritance-vertebral Defects-ear Anomalies-radial Defects |
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PHHP |
Pawtucket Heart Health Program |
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PHR |
Peak Heart Rate |
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PICO |
Pimobendan in Congestive Heart Failure |
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PLET |
Polymyxin, Lysosome, EDTA, Thallous Acetate |
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PMHR |
Predicted Maximum Heart Rate |
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PRHHP |
Puerto Rico Heart Health Program |
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PRIME |
Prospective Randomized Study Of Ibopamine On Mortality And Efficacy In Heart Failure |
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PsHD |
pseudoheart disease |
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PW |
posterior wall |
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QHFT |
Quinapril Heart Failure Trial |
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QTc |
QT interval corrected for heart rate |
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RCHF |
Right Congestive Heart Failure |
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REACH |
Resource Utilization In Congestive Heart Failure |
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REACH |
Research On Endothelin Antagonism In Chronic Heart Failure |
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REMATCH |
Randomized Evaluation Of Mechanical Assistance In The Treatment Of Congestive Heart Failure |
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RH |
Right Heart |
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RHB |
Right heart bypass |
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RHC |
right heart catheterizations |
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RHF |
Right Heart Failure |
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RHMV |
Right Heart Mixing Volume |
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RHR |
Resting Heart Rate |
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RHRV |
Relative Heart Rate Variability |
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RIHD |
Radiation-Induced Heart Disease |
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RK |
Restitution Constant |
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RT |
Repolarization Time |
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RUTH |
Raloxifene Use for The Heart |
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RVHD |
Rheumatic Valvular Heart Disease |
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S1-S4 |
First To Fourth Heart Sounds |
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SAC |
Stretch-activated channel |
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SACCAT |
Stretch-activated Channel-cations |
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SAHS |
San Antonio Heart Study |
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SCD-HEFT |
Sudden Cardiac Death In Heart Failure |
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SDHD |
Sudden death heart disease |
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SDIHD |
sudden-death ischemic heart disease |
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SHARP |
Scottish Heart And Arterial Disease Risk Prevention |
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SHD |
sudden heart death |
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SHHS |
Scottish Heart Health Study |
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SHHS |
Sleep Heart Health Study |
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shs |
Strong Heart Study |
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SHVRC |
Shiley Heart Valve Research Center |
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SID |
Stress-induced Depolarization |
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SIHDSPS |
Stockholm Ischemic Heart Disease Secondary Prevention Study |
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SOM |
Sustained outward movement |
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SP |
slow pathway |
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SPWVD |
Smooth pseudo-Winger-Ville distribution |
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STAT-CHF |
Survival Trial of Antiarrhythmic Therapy in Congestive Heart Failure |
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STRETCH |
Symptom Tolerability Response To Exercise Trial Of Candesartan Cilexetil In Patients With Heart Failure |
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SYMPHONY |
Sibrafiban Vs Aspirin To Yield Maximum Protection From Ischemic Heart Events Postacute Coronary Syndromes [trial] |
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TAH |
Total Artificial Heart |
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TCI |
To Come In (hospital appointments) |
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TEAHAT |
Thrombolysis Early in Acute Heart Attack Trial |
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THB |
total heart beats |
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THD |
Transverse heart diameter |
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THR |
Thyroid Hormone Receptor |
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THR |
Targeted Heart Rate |
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THS |
Turkish Heart Study |
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TIAH |
Total implantation of artificial heart |
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TNT |
Treatment to New Target |
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UD-AHF |
UD-CG 115 BS In Acute Heart Failure |
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UHR |
Underlying heart rhythm |
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UKHAS |
United Kingdom Heart Attack Study Collaborative Group |
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UKHEART |
United Kingdom Heart Failure Evaluation And Assessment Of Risk Trial |
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V-HEFT |
Veterans Administration Heart Failure Trial |
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V-HEFT |
Vasodilator Heart Failure Trial |
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VAL-HEFT |
Valsartan-Heart Failure Trial |
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VDH |
Valvular Disease Of The Heart |
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vhd |
Visible Human Dataset |
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VHD |
Ventricular Heart Disease |
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VHD |
Valvular Heart Disease |
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VHR |
Ventricular Heart Rate |
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VSHD |
Ventricular Septal Heart Defect |
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WASH |
Warfarin-Aspirin Study Of Heart Failure |
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WATCH |
Warfarin Antiplatelet Trial In Chronic Heart Failure |
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WHAS |
Women's Heart Attack Study |
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WHAS |
Women's Health and Aging Study |
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what |
Worcester Heart Attack Trial |
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WHT |
Warm Heart Trial |
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Xishf |
Xamoterol in Severe Heart Failure |
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