Geert Kleinnibbelink

Chapter 11 236 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 6MWT 6-minute walk test A2C Apical 4-chamber A2C Apical 2-chamber AMS Acute mountain sickness BMI Body mass index BP Blood pressure Bpm Beats per minute BSA Body size area CHD Coronary heart disease CR Cardiac rehabilitation CO Cardiac output CO 2 Carbon dioxide CPET Cardiopulmonary exercise test DBP Diastolic blood pressure DICOM Digital imaging and communication in medicine ECG Electrocardiogram EICF Exercise-induced cardiac fatigue EDslope The early linear strain-area slope during first 5% of volume increase in diastole ESslope Early strain-area slope during first 5% of volume ejection in systole LDslope Late linear strain-area slope during first 5%of volume increase in diastole