| Aero | Aerobic control group |
| ALC1 | Atrial light chain 1 |
| AU | Arbitrary units |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CF | Coronary flow |
| DCF EDTA |
2′,7′–dichlorodihydrofluorescein ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| ELC | Essential light chain |
| FLC1 | Fetal light chain 1 |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid |
| HR | Heart rate |
| HRP | Streptavidin-Horse Radish Peroxidase |
| I/R | Ischemia/reperfusion |
| IRI | Ischemia/reperfusion injury |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| LVDP | Left ventricular developed pressure |
| MHC-α | Myosin heavy chain α |
| MHC-β | Myosin heavy chain β |
| MIB | Myocyte isolation buffer |
| MLCs | Myosin light chains |
| MLCs1 | Myosin light chains 1 |
| MLCs2 | Myosin light chains 2 |
| MMP-2 | Matrix metalloproteinase 2 |
| MYL3 | Gene coding ventricular light chain1 |
| MYL4 | Gene coding atrial light chain1 |
| RLC | Regulatory light chains |
| ROS/RNS | Reactive oxygen/nitrogen species |
| RPP | Recovery of rate pressure product |
| TMB | 3,3′,5,5′-Tetramethylbenzidine |
| VLC1 | Ventricular light chain 1 |