| ACRONYMS & DEFINITIONS |
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| CRNB | Cardiac Rehab New Brunswick |
| CSEP | Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology |
| CWIC | Cardiac Wellness Institute of Calgary |
| CACR | Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation |
| ACSM | American College of Sports Medicine |
| ES | Exercise Specialist |
| CPT | Certified Personal Trainer |
| PCI | Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
| STEMI | ST elevation myocardial infarction |
| Non-STEMI | non-ST elevation myocardial infarction |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| CABG | Coronary artery bypass surgery |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| LDL | Low density lipoprotein |
| HDL | High density lipoprotein |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| FBG | Fasting blood glucose |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| BPM | Beats per minute |
| HR | Heart rate |
| NTG | Nitroglycerin |
| MET | Metabolic equivalent task |
| EAP | Emergency Action Plan |
| ECASA | Enteric coated aspirin |
| LAD | Left anterior descending coronary artery |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| Abd Circ | Abdominal circumference |
| CHEP | Canadian hypertension |
| CCS | Canadian Cardiovascular society |
| AHA | American Heart Association |
| CDA | Canadian Diabetes Association |
| CPS | Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties |
| ADR | Adverse drug reaction |