- ACC
American College of Cardiology
- AF
atrial fibrillation
- AHA
American Heart Association
- BCIS
British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
- BMI
body mass index
- b.p.m.
beats per minute
- CABG
coronary artery bypass graft
- CAD
coronary artery disease
- CCS
Canadian Cardiovascular Society
- CEP
Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing
- CI
confidence interval
- CMR
cardiovascular magnetic resonance
- CRD
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
- CT
computed tomography
- CTA
computed tomography angiography
- CTCA
computed tomography coronary angiography
- CV
cardiovascular
- DLP
dose-length product
- DSCT
dual-source computed tomography
- ECG
electrocardiogram
- EQ-5D
European Quality of Life-5 Dimensions
- ESC
European Society of Cardiology
- FN
false-negative
- FP
false-positive
- HCS
high calcium score
- HDCT
high-definition computed tomography
- HHR
high heart rate
- HPA
Health Protection Agency
- HR
hazard ratio
- HRF
heart rate frequency
- HRQoL
health-related quality of life
- HRV
heart rate variability
- ICA
invasive coronary angiography
- ICER
incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
- IQR
interquartile range
- MAPCA
major aortopulmonary collateral arteries
- MI
myocardial infarction
- MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
- MSCT
multislice computed tomography
- N/A
not available
- NA
not applicable
- NFE
non-fatal event
- NGCCT
new-generation cardiac computed tomography
- NGCCT-ICA
ICA after positive NGCCT
- NR
not reported
- OR
odds ratio
- PCI
percutaneous coronary intervention
- PSA
probabilistic sensitivity analysis
- PSSRU
Personal Social Services Research Unit
- QALY
quality-adjusted life-year
- QoL
quality of life
- SCCT
Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
- SD
standard deviation
- SE
standard error
- SPECT
single photon emission computed tomography
- SROC
summary receiver operating characteristic
- TAPVD
total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage
- TIA
transient ischaemic attack
- TN
true-negative
- TP
true-positive
- YRM
York Radiation Model
All abbreviations that have been used in this report are listed here unless the abbreviation is well known (e.g. NHS), or it has only been used once, or it is a non-standard abbreviation used only in figures/tables/appendices in which case the abbreviation is defined in the figure or table legend.
