| AICAR | 5-amino-1-β-d-ribofuranosyl-imidazole-4-carboxamide |
| AMPK | Adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-activated protein kinase |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| BNP | Brain natriuretic peptide |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CSA | Cross-sectional area |
| cTnI | Cardiac troponin I |
| CVF | Collagen volume fraction |
| DAPI | 4′,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DCFH-DA | 2′,7′-Dichlorofluorescein diacetate |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified eagle medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulphoxide |
| ±dP/dtmax | Maximal positive and negative first derivative of Left ventricular pressure |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| FITC | Fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HE | Hematoxylin-eosin |
| HF | Heart failure |
| HRP | Horseradish-peroxidase |
| Hsp90 | Heat shock protein 90 |
| LAD | Left anterior descending coronary artery |
| LV | Left ventricle |
| LVEDP | Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure |
| LVSP | Left ventricular systolic pressure |
| MI | Myocardial infarction |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| MuRF1 | Muscle RING-finger protein-1 |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PBST | PBS-Tween20 |
| RIPA | Radio-immunoprecipitation assay |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel |
| Smyd1 | SET and MYND domain containing 1 |
| Trx1 | Thioredoxin 1 |