| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| CDM3L | chemically defined Medium 3 without glucose with lactate |
| cITC | ternary human cardiac troponin complex (I-T-C) |
| cTnI | cardiac troponin I |
| cTnT | cardiac troponin T |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EBs | embryoid bodies |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| FC | flow cytometry |
| FIA | fluoroimmunoassay |
| FSC | forward scatter |
| hc-MYC | human cellular myelocytomatosis oncogene |
| hKLF4 | human Krüppel-like factor-4 |
| hOCT3/4 | human octamer-binding transcription tactor-3/4 |
| hPSC | human pluripotent stem cells |
| hSOX2 | human SRY-box transcription factor 2 |
| ICC | immunocytochemical staining |
| iCMs | induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes |
| IGF-1 | insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| iPSCs | induced pluripotent stem cells |
| MEM | minimum essential medium |
| MM-1 | metabolic maturation medium 1 |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PEI | polyethyleneimine |
| ROCK | rho-associated protein kinase |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| skTnI | skeletal troponin I |
| SOX17 | SRY-box transcription factor 17 |
| SR | serum replacement |
| ssIC | binary human slow skeletal troponin complex (I-C) |
| ssTnI | slow skeletal troponin I |
| STR | short tandem repeat |
| T3 | triiodothyronine |
| TNNI3 | troponin I3, cardiac type |
| TRA-1-81 | podocalyxin-like protein 1 |