ACS	acute coronary syndrome
ADH	antidiuretic hormone
ADM	adrenomedullin
AMI	acute myocardial infarction
ANP	atrial natriuretic peptide
AVP	arginine vasopressin
BNP	B-type natriuretic peptide
BSA	bovine serum albumin
CHD	coronary heart disease
CHF	congestive heart failure
CK	creatine phosphokinase
CRP	C-reactive protein
cTnI	cardiac troponin I
cTnT	cardiac troponin T
CV	cyclic voltammetry
CVDs	cardiovascular diseases
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
DPV	differential pulse voltammetric
EIS	electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
ELISA	enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ELONA	enzyme-linked oligonucleotide assay
FET	field-effect transistor
FICA	fluorescence immunochromatographic assay
GDF15	growth differentiation factor 15
GDF8	growth differentiation factor 8, myostatin
HF	heart failure
hFABP	heart-type fatty acid-binding protein
HSA	human serum albumin
IgE	immunoglobulin E
IL-6	interleukin-6
LOD	limit of detection
MR-proADM	mid-region-proADM
Nt	nucleotides
NT-proBNP	N-terminal proBNP
POC	point-of-care
RNA	ribonucleic acid
SELEX	systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment
SERS	surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
SOMAmer	slow off-rate modified aptamers
SPR	surface plasmon resonance
sST2	soluble suppression of tumorigenicity 2
ST2	suppression of tumorigenicity 2
ST2L	transmembrane suppression of tumorigenicity 2
SWV	square wave voltammetry
TGF-β	transforming growth factor-β
TNFα	tumor necrosis factor alpha
WHO	world health organization