AP	arterial pressure
BW	body weight
CABG	coronary artery bypass surgery
CO	cardiac output
CF	coronary flow
CK-MB	creatine kinase- myocardial band
CPB	cardiopulmonary bypass
EF	ejection fraction
EHW	external heart work
FDR	false discovery rate
HR	heart rate
HW	heart weight
IR	ischemia-reperfusion
LAD	left anterior descending coronary artery
LV	left ventricle/left ventricular
LVP	left ventricular pressure
MAP	mean arterial pressure
mRNA	messenger RNA
miRNA	microRNA
PM	number of animals that demanded a pacemaker
RAP	right atrial pressure
RIC	remote ischemic conditioning
SEM	standard error of the mean
STH2	St Thomas’ Hospital blood cardioplegia No. 2
SV	stroke volume
SW	stroke work
TPM	tags per million