ACE	angiotensin-converting enzyme
Ang II	angiotensin II
AF	atrial fibrillation
AP	action potential
APD	action potential duration
CaMKII	Calcium-calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase II
CD44	cluster of differentiation 44
CM	cardiomyocyte
CXCL1	C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 1
CXCR2	C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 2
Cx40/Cx43	connexin 40/43
DAD	delayed afterdepolarization
DD	diastolic dysfunction
EAD	early afterdepolarization
FOXO	forkhead box O
HA	hyaluronan
HAS	Hyaluronan synthase
I CaL	L-type Ca2 current
I K1	inwardly rectifying potassium current
I Kur	ultra-rapid delayed-rectifier K+ current
I Na	sodium current
I NaL	late sodium current
I ti	inward sodium current
I to	outward potassium current
Kir	inwardly rectifying potassium channel
MitoOS	mitochondrial oxidative stress
NADPH	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NaV1.5/SCN5A	pore-forming α-subunit of the voltage-dependent cardiac Na+ channel
NOS	nitric oxide synthase
nNOS	neuronal nitric oxide synthase
NOX	NADPH oxidase
NOX4	NADPH oxidase 4
PAF	paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
PKCε	protein kinase C epsilon
POAF	postoperative atrial fibrillation
Rac1	Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1
ROS	reactive oxygen species
RyR2	ryanodine receptor 2
SERCA	sarco-endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase
SOICR	store overload induced Ca2+ release
SR	sarcoplasmic reticulum
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TGF-β1	transforming growth factor-β1