| AAV | adeno-associated virus |
| ACM | Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy |
| ACMG/AMP | American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology |
| ARVC | arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy |
| BAG3 | Gene encoding for Bcl2-associated athanogene 3 |
| DCM | dilated cardiomyopathy |
| DES | Gene encoding for desmin |
| DSP | Gene encoding for desmoplakin |
| DSC2 | Gene encoding for desmocollin 2 |
| DSG2 | Gene encoding for desmoglein 2 |
| FLNC | Gene encoding for filamin C |
| HCM | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
| HF | Heart failure; |
| ICD | implantable cardioverter–defibrillator |
| iPSC-CM(s) | induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte(s) |
| LVEF | left ventricular ejection fraction |
| LMNA | Gene encoding for lamin A/C |
| LOS | Losso of function |
| MYH7 | Gene encoding for myosin heavy chain 7 |
| NDLVC | non dilated left ventricular cardiomyopathy |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing |
| LOF | predicted loss-of-function |
| PDGFRA | platelet-derived growth factor receptor-α |
| PHL-001 | short hairpin RNA investigational agent |
| PKP2 | Gene encoding for pakophilline 2 |
| PLN | Gene encoding for phospholamban |
| PRSs | polygenic risk scores |
| P/LP | pathogenic/likely pathogenic (variant classification) |
| PPCM | Peripartum cardiomyopathy |
| RBM20 | Gene encoding for RNA binding protein 20 |
| RCM | Restrictive cardiomyopathy |
| SCD | sudden cardiac death |
| SCN5A | Gene encoding for Sodium channel protein type 5 subunit α |
| SERCA | sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase |
| TNNT | Gene encoding for troponin |
| TPM | Gene encoding for tropomiosin |
| TTN | Gene encoding for titin |
| WES | whole-exome sequencing |