| HF | Heart failure |
| CVD | Cardiovascular diseases |
| CM | Cardiac macrophages |
| MI | Myocardial Infarction |
| DAMPs | Danger-Associated Molecular Patterns |
| PAMPs | Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns |
| Treg | T regulatory cell |
| cDC | Cardiac Dendritic cell |
| Nabs | Natural antibodies |
| CAR | Coxsackievirus and Adenovirus Receptor |
| DAF | Decay Accelerating Factor |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase |
| HMGB1 | High mobility group box-1 |
| MERTK | Myeloid-epithelial-reproductive tyrosine kinase |
| EAT | epicardial adipose tissue |