CVD	cardiovascular diseases
CTC1	conserved telomere maintenance complex component 1
CMV	cytomegalovirus
DES	drug-eluting stent
eNOS	endothelial nitric oxide synthase
EPC	endothelial progenitor cells
GWAS	genomewide association study
HF	heart failure
HSC	hematopoietic stem cells
ICAM-1	intercellular adhesion molecule 1
LTL	leukocyte telomere length
MI	myocardial infarction
PAD	peripheral artery disease
POT1	protection of telomere 1
qPCR	quantitative polymerase chain reaction
Rap1	repressor activator protein 1
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SASP	senescence-associated secretory phenotype
SCD	sudden cardiac death (SCD)
SD	standard deviation
SIPS	stress-induced premature senescence
SNP	single-nucleotide polymorphism
TERC	telomerase RNA component
TERT	telomerase reverse transcriptase
TL	telomere length
TRF1	telomere repeat-binding factor1
TIN2	TRF1 and TRF2 interacting nuclear protein 2
TPP1	tripeptidyl-peptidase 1
VSMC	vascular smooth muscle cells