Glossary of Terms
This page references useful terms mentioned in The PVD Channel episodes.
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2DE: Two-Dimensional Echocardiography
A
ABI: Ankle Brachial Index
AC: Anticoagulation
ADL: Activity of Daily Living
AFS: Amputation-Free Survival
AKA: Above-the-Knee Amputation
ALI: Acute Limb Ischemia
AP: Ankle Pressure
APC: Amputation Prevention Center
ARR: Absolute Risk Reduction
AT: Anterior Tibial
ATA: Anterior Tibial Artery
ATK: Above the Knee
B
BAD: Big Artery Disease
BKA: Below-the-Knee Amputation
BMS: Bare Metal Stent
BTA: Below the Ankle
BTK: Below the Knee
C
CAD: Coronary Artery Disease
CEAP: Clinical-Etiological-Anatomical-Pathophysiological
CF: Common Femoral
CFAA: Common Femoral Artery
CFV: Common Femoral Vein
CI: Common Iliac
CI: Confidence Interval
CIV: Common Iliac Vein
CLI: Critical Limb Ischemia
CLTI: Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia
CM: Contrast Media
CMUT: Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducers
CRP: C Reactive Protein
CSA: Cross-Sectional Area
CT: Computed Tomography
CTA: Computed Tomography Angiography
CTO: Chronic Total Occlusion
CTV: CT Venography
CV: Cardiovascular
CVD: Chronic Venous Disease
CVI: Chronic Venous Insufficiency
D
DC: Discharge
DCB: Drug-Coated Balloon
DES: Drug-Eluting Stent
Dex: Dexamethasone
DP: Dorsalis Pedis
DR: Deep Reflux
DR: Direct Endovascular Revascularization
DS: Diameter Stenosis
DSA: Digital Subtraction Angiography
DU: Duplex Ultrasound
DUS: Duplex Ultrasound
DVA: Developmental Venous Anomaly
DVI: Deep Venous Insufficiency
DVO: Deep Vein Obstruction
DVT: Deep Vein Thrombosis
DX: Disease
E
EIV: External Iliac Vein
ESRD: End-Stage Renal Disease
ESRF: End-Stage Renal Failure
EVA: Endovenous Laser Ablation
EVT: Endovascular Therapy
EVUS: Extravascular Ultrasound
F
FEM-POP: Femoropopliteal
FV: Femoral Vein
G
GDMT: Guideline Directed Medical Therapy
GLASS: Global Limb Anatomic Staging System
GSV: Great Saphenous Vein
H
HBOT: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
HP: High Pressure
HR: Hazard Ratio
Hx: History
I
ICVO: Iliocaval Venous Obstruction
IF: Iliofemoral
IIV: Ipsilateral Iliac Vein
IR: Indirect Endovascular Revascularization
ISR: In-Stent Restenosis
IVC: Inferior Vena Cava
IVCF: Inferior Vena Cava Filter
IVL: Intravascular Lithotripsy
IVUS: Intravascular Ultrasound
J
K
K-M: Kaplan-Meier
L
LBP: Limb-Based Patency
LCIV: Left Common Iliac Vein
LDL: Low-Density Lipoprotein
LEIV: Left External Iliac Vein
LL: Lesion Length
LLE: Left Lower Extremity
LOV: Left Ovarian Vein
LRV: Left Renal Vein
LTAC: Long-Term Acute Care
M
MAC: Medial Arterial Calcification
MGV: Medial Gastrocnemial Vein
MI: Myocardial Infarction
MLD: Minimum Lumen Diameter
MPV: Multiplanar Venogram
MRA: Magnetic Resonance Angiography
MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRV: Magnetic Resonance Venography
MTPJ: Metatarsophalangeal Joint Pain
MTS: May-Thurner Syndrome
N
NIVL: Non-Thrombotic Iliac Vein Lesion
O
OV: Ovarian Vein
P
PAD: Peripheral Artery Disease
PCI: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
PE: Pulmonary Embolism
PMHx: Past Medical History
PMT: Pharmacomechanical Thrombectomy
POBA: Percutaneous Old Balloon Angioplasty
PRESTO Technique: Precise REtrograde Supera STenting of the Ostium of the SFA for Complex Fem-Pop CTOs
PT: Posterior Tibial
PTA: Peripheral Transluminal Angioplasty
PTA: Posterior Tibial Artery
PTD: Post-Thrombotic Disease
PTS: Post-Thrombotic Syndrome
PUV: Peri-uterine Vein
PVD: Peripheral Vascular Disease
PVI: Peripheral Vascular Intervention
PVP: Pulse Volume Plethysmography
PVR: Pulse Volume Recording
Q
R
RCC: Rutherford Clinical Category
RCIA: Right Common Iliac Artery
RCIV: Right Common Iliac Vein
REIV: Right External Iliac Vein
RFA: Radiofrequency Ablation
ROV: Right Ovarian Vein
RRV: Right Renal Vein
rVCSS: Revised Venous Clinical Severity Score
S
SAD: Small Artery Disease
SD: Standard Deviation
SF-36 PCS: Short-Form 36 Physical Component Summary
SFA: Superficial Femoral Artery
SFJ: Saphenofemoral Junction
SMA: Superior Mesenteric Artery
SPJ: Saphenopopliteal Junction
SR: Superficial Reflux
SSG: Split Skin Graft
SSV: Short Sapheneous Vein
SV: Superficial Vein
SVR: Superficial Vein Reflux
SVT: Superficial Vein Thrombosis
T
TAMI: Tibio-Pedal Arterial Minimally Invasive Retrograde Revascularization
TAP: Target Arterial Path
TASC: Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus Document on Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease
TBI: Toe Brachial Index
TCP02: Transcutaneous Oximetry
TLR: Target Lesion Reintervention
TMA: Transmetatarsal Amputation
TP: Toe Pressure
U
US: Ultrasound
UT: University of Texas
V
V: Vein
VAC: Vacuum
VAS: Visual Analog Scale
VCSS: Venous Clinical Severity Score
VFI: Venous Filling Index
VFT: Venous Filling Time
VI: Venous Insufficiency
VLU: Venous Leg Ulcer
VPOPF: Vein of Popliteal Fossa
VS: Vein Stenosis
VS: Vascular Surgeon
W
WC: Wound Care
WIFI: Wound, Ischemia, Foot Infection
WRA: Wound-Related Artery
