Glossary
AMI - Acute Myocardial Infarction
BHNFT - Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
BH - Bassetlaw Hospital
BNP - B Type Natriuretic Peptide
CABG - Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
CHD - Coronary Heart Disease (syn. Coronary Artery Disease)
CHF - Congestive Heart Failure
CNDRH - Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
CVRG - Cardiovascular Research Group
DBHT - Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
DGH - District General Hospital
DOH - Department of Health
DRI - Doncaster Royal Infirmary
EMAS - East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust
GUCH - Adult (Grown Up) Congenital Heart Disease
HAZ - Health Action Zone
HIP - Heart Improvement Programme
ICD - Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
IT - Information Technology
LREC - Local Research Ethics Committee
LIT - Local Implementation Teams
LV - Left Ventricle
LVEF - Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction: a measure of heart performance
NICE - National Institute of Clinical Excellence
NORCOM - North Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw
Commissioning Consortium
NSF for CHD - National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease
PCI - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
PTCA - Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
MI - Myocardial Infarction
NGH - Northern General Hospital
NYHA - New York Heart Association (functional classification)
RHNT - Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust
RACP - Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic
RHH - Royal Hallamshire Hospital
ROSC - Return of Spontaneous Circulation
STH - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
YAS - Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Useful glossaries of heart terms can be found on the following websites:
jargon buster - Essex Cardiac Network has produced a useful jargon buster - a glossary of meanings of the terminology used in the NHS, medical terms, abbreviations and acronyms.