AR	aorta radius;
BNP	brain natriuretic peptide;
Co-IP	coimmunoprecipitation;
CSA	cross-sectional area;
cTnI	cardiac troponin I;
CVF	collagen volume fraction;
EF	ejection fraction;
FITC	fluorescein isothiocyanate;
FS	fractional shortening;
HE	hematoxylin and eosin;
HF	heart failure;
HW/BW	heart weight/body weight;
IL-1β	interleukin-1β;
IL-10	interleukin-10;
LAD	left anterior descending;
LUW/BW	lung weight/body weight;
LVAWd	left ventricular anterior wall thickness at diastole;
LVAWs	left ventricular anterior wall thickness at systole;
LVIDd	left ventricular internal diameters at diastole;
LVIDs	left ventricular internal diameters at systole;
MI	myocardial infarction;
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa B;
NT-proBNP	N terminal pro B type natriuretic peptide;
PVCA	perivascular collagen area;
PVDF	polyvinylidene fluoride;
siRNA	small interfering RNA;
TAA	total aorta area;
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α;
TTC	2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride;
VDR	vitamin D receptor.