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ABREVIATIONS

The following is a listing of all the abbreviations used on this web site. Following it are listings of abbreviations by categories.

Alphabetical listing of all abbreviations
Cerebrovascular abbreviations
Arterial abbreviations
Venous abbreviations
Abdominal abbreviations

Alphabetical
ACAS - Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study
ABI – Ankle/brachial index
ATA – Anterior tibial artery
ATV – Anterior tibial vein
CCA – Common carotid artery
CFA – Common femoral artery
CFV – Common femoral vein
CIA – Common iliac artery
CIV –Common iliac vein
DBI – Digit/Brachial Index
DPA – Dorsalis pedis artery
DVT – Deep vein thrombosis
ECA – External carotid artery
EDV – End diastolic velocity
EIA – External iliac artery
EIV – External iliac vein
FV – Femoral vein
IC – Intermittent claudication
ICA – Internal carotid artery
ICAVL - Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories
IJV – Internal jugular vein
IMA – Inferior mesenteric artery
IVC – Inferior vena cava
IVCS – Iliac vein compression syndrome (May-Thurner syndrome)
LHA – Left hepatic artery
LHV – Left hepatic vein
LPV – Left portal vein
MHV – Middle hepatic vein
MPV – Main portal vein
NASCET - North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial
PAD – Peripheral arterial disease
PCD – Phlegmasia cerulea dolens
PE – Pulmonary Embolus
PER – Peroneal
PFA – Profunda femoris artery
PFV – Profunda femoris vein
POP – Popliteal
PSS – Paget-Schroetter syndrome
PSV – Peak systolic velocity
PTA – Posterior tibial artery
PTV – Posterior tibial vein
PVI - Pacific Vascular, Inc.
RA – Renal artery
RAS – Renal artery stenosis
RHA – Right hepatic artery
RHV – Right hepatic vein
RPV – Right portal vein
SFA – Superficial femoral artery
SMA – Superior mesenteric artery
TBI – Toe/brachial index
TOS – Thoracic outlet syndrome
TPT – Tibioperoneal trunk
UEDVT – Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis
VTE – Venous thromboembolism

Cerebrovascular
ACAS - Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study
CCA – Common carotid artery
ECA – External carotid artery
EDV – End diastolic velocity
ICA – Internal carotid artery
IJV – Internal jugular vein
NASCET - North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial
PSV – Peak systolic velocity

Arterial
ABI – Ankle/brachial index
ATA – Anterior tibial artery
CFA – Common femoral artery
CIA – Common iliac artery
DBI – Digit/Brachial Index
DPA – Dorsalis pedis artery
EDV – End diastolic velocity
EIA – External iliac artery
IC – Intermittent claudication
PAD – Peripheral arterial disease
PER – Peroneal
PFA – Profunda femoris artery
POP – Popliteal
PSV – Peak systolic velocity
PTA – Posterior tibial artery
SFA – Superficial femoral artery
TBI – Toe/brachial index
TOS – Thoracic outlet syndrome
TPT – Tibioperoneal trunk

Venous
ATV – Anterior tibial vein
CFV – Common femoral vein
CIV – Common iliac vein
DVT – Deep vein thrombosis
EIV – External iliac vein
FV – Femoral vein
IJV – Internal jugular vein
IVC – Inferior vena cava
IVCS – Iliac vein compression syndrome (May-Thurner syndrome)
PCD – Phlegmasia cerulea dolens
PE – Pulmonary Embolus
PER – Peroneal
PFV – Profunda femoris vein
POP – Popliteal
PSS – Paget-Schroetter syndrome
PTV – Posterior tibial vein
UEDVT – Upper extremity deep venous thrombosis
VTE – Venous thromboembolism

Abdominal
CHA – Common hepatic artery
CIA – Common iliac artery
CIV – Common iliac vein
EIA – External iliac artery
EIV – External iliac vein
IMA – Inferior mesenteric artery
IVC – Inferior vena cava
LHA – Left hepatic artery
LHV – Left hepatic vein
LPV – Left portal vein
MHV – Middle hepatic vein
MPV – Main portal vein
RA – Renal artery
RV – Renal vein
RAS – Renal artery stenosis
RHA – Right hepatic artery
RHV – Right hepatic vein
RPV – Right portal vein
SMA – Superior mesenteric artery