AVP	arginine vasopressin
MI	myocardial infarction
CMECs	cardiac microvascular endothelial cells
AMI	acute myocardial infarction
HF	heart failure
ECM	extracellular matrix
CaMK	calmodulin kinase
cAMP	cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CREB	cAMP-response element-binding
VSMCs	vascular smooth muscle cells
V1R	V1 receptor
MR	mineralocorticoid receptor
MRA	mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist
LVMI	left ventricular mass index
LVESD	left ventricular end-systolic diameter
LVEDD	left ventricular end-diastolic diameter
LVEF	left ventricular ejection fraction
p-CREB	phosphorylated CREB
αSMA	α-smooth muscle actin
SF-1	steroidogenic factor-
COUP-TF	chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter transcription factor
iNOS	inducible nitric oxide synthase
NO	nitric oxide
PKC	protein kinase C
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
AOD	average optical density