Analyzing the Creation and Use of Abbreviations in Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging Society Guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Abbreviation use in clinical and academic cardiology is widespread, yet there are few guidelines regulating the creation and utilization of abbreviations. Inconsistent abbreviations can introduce ambiguity and pose challenges to practice and research.

Objectives

The authors aimed to analyze how abbreviations are created and utilized in general cardiology and cardiac imaging society guidelines in order to assess whether ambiguities and discrepancies exist between societies.

Methods

Abbreviation data were collected from 7 national and international societies of general cardiology and cardiac imaging over a 6-year span (2018-2023). Data were linguistically coded for abbreviation type, unique occurrence, meaning or sense count, and frequency of discrepancy betw

SUBMITTER: Green CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11782826 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature