| AF | Atrial fibrillation |
| AKI | Acute Kidney Injury |
| AUC | Area under curve |
| AVR | Aortic valve replacement |
| CABG | Coronary artery bypass graft |
| CGRP | Calcitonin gene-related peptide |
| CK-MB | Creatine kinase-myocardial band |
| eNOS | Endothelial nitric oxide synthase |
| GLP-1 | Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 |
| HIF-1α | Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α |
| ICU | Intensive care unit |
| I/R | Ischemia/reperfusion |
| PCI | Percutaneous Coronary Intervention |
| PKG | Protein Kinase G |
| RIPC | Remote Ischemic Preconditioning |
| SAFE | Survivor Activating Factor Enhancement |
| SDF-1α | Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1α |
| STAT-5 | Signal Transducer and Activator of transcription-5 |
| STEMI | ST-segment Elevated Myocardial Infarction |
| TnI | Troponin I |
| TnT | Troponin T |