| AAR | Area at risk |
| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| AMI | Acute myocardial infarction |
| CRP | Collagen-related peptide |
| ELISA | Enzym-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| FIPI | 5-Fluoro-2-Indolyl Deschlorohalopemide |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GP Ib/VI | Glycoprotein (GP) Ib/VI |
| HE | Hematoxylin/Eosin |
| I/R | Ischemia/reperfusion |
| IL-6 | Interleukin 6 |
| INF | Infarct |
| LAD | Left anterior descending artery |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| LV | Left ventricle |
| Mac-1 | Macrophage-1 antigen |
| MFI | Mean of fluorescence |
| MHEC5-T | Mouse Heart Endothelial Cell clone 5-Transformed |
| MI | Myocardial infarction |
| min | Minute |
| PA | Phosphatidic acid |
| PCR | (real-time) Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PKC | Protein kinase C |
| PLD | Phospholipase D |
| rest | Resting |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor β |
| Thr | Thrombin |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor α |
| TTC | 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride |
| U46619 | Thromboxane analog |