| VA | Ventricular arrhythmia |
| SCD | Sudden cardiac death |
| BNP | Brain natriuretic peptide |
| ET-1 | Endothelin-1 |
| TGF-β1 | Transforming growth factor beta 1 |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| qPCR | Quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| Nppb | BNP mRNA |
| Edn1 | ET-1 mRNA |
| Tgfb1 | TGF-β1 mRNA |
| VT | Ventricular tachycardia |
| VF | Ventricular fibrillation |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| LVSP | Left ventricular systolic pressure |
| LVEDP | Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure |
| LVDP | Left ventricular developed pressure |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| ETA | Endothelin receptor type A |
| ETB | Endothelin receptor type B |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |