ACE	Angiotensin-converting enzyme
BW	Body weight
CI	Cardiac index
CO	Cardiac output
EF	Ejection fraction
eNOS	Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
GSH	Glutathione
GSH-Px	Glutathione peroxidase
GSH-Rd	Glutathione reductase
H2O2	Hydrogen peroxide
HF	Heart failure
HOCl	Hypochlorous acid
HR	Heart rate
HW	Heart weight
IL	Interleukin
I/R	Ischemia-reperfusion
LDH	Lactate dehydrogenase
LV	Left ventricle/Left ventricular
LVED	Left ventricular end-diastolic
LVH	Left ventricular hypertrophy
MAP	Mean arterial pressure
MCF	Maximal coronary flof
MDA	Malonaldehyde
MMP	Matrix Metalloproteinase
MPAP	Mean pulmonary artery pressure
MRAP	Mean right atrial pressure
MRPP	Maximal rate/pressure product
MPCWP	Mean pulmonary-capillary wedge pressure
MTT	Pulmonary mean transit time
MWT	Maximal working time
MWS	Maximal workload sustained
NOS	Nitric oxide synthase
NS	Non-significant
O2−	Superoxide anion
OH·	Hydroxyl radical
OCl·	Hypohalite radical
PAH	Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PAP	Pulmonary arterial pressure
PCW	Pulmonary-wedge pressure
PRA	Plasma renin activity
PVR	Pulmonary vascular resistance
RAP	Right atrial pressure
RAS	renin-angiotensin system
RAAS	renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RS·	Thiyl radicals
RV	Right ventricle/Right ventricular
RVH	Right ventricular hypertrophy
RVHT	Renovascular hypertension
SH	Sulphydryl
SOD	Superoxide dismutase
SV	Stroke volume
SVI	Stroke volume index
SVR	Systemic vascular resistance
SW	Stroke work
SWI	Stroke work index
TAC	Thoracic aorta constriction
TBARS	Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances
TGF	Transforming Growth Factor
TNF	Tumor Necrosis Factor
TPR	Total peripheral resistance
TPuR	Total pulmonary resistance
VF	Ventricular fibrillation
VPB	Ventricular premature beats
VT	Ventricular tachycardia
VW	Ventricular weight
1O2	Singlet oxygen