| Ao | Aorta |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| Fbn1 | Fibrillin-1 gene |
| FS | Fractional Shortening |
| H&E | Hematoxylin-Eosin |
| HF | High frequency |
| HRV | Heart rate variability |
| HW/TL | Heart weight to tibia length ratio |
| LF | Low frequency |
| LV | Left ventricle |
| LVEDD | Left ventricular end diastolic diameter |
| LVESD | Left ventricular end systolic diameter |
| LVNC | Left ventricular non-compaction |
| MFS | Marfan syndrome |
| PSD | Power spectral density |
| PSR | Picrosirius red |
| RV | Right ventricle |
| RVEDD | Right ventricular end diastolic diameter |
| SDNN | Standard deviation of normal RR-intervals |
| SE | Standard error |
| TGFβ | Transforming growth factor β |
| WT | Wild-type |