A	adenine
ACEI	angiotensine converting enzyme inhibitor
ADAM	a desintegrine and metalloproteinase
ADAMTS	a desintegrine and metalloproteinase with trombospondine motif
AF	atrial fibrillation
AP	activator protein
ApoE	apolipoprotein E
ARB	angiotensine receptor blocker
Asn	asparagine
AVM	arteriovenous malformations
BBB	blood–brain barrier
BNP	brain natriuretic peptide
BP	blood pressure
C	cytosine
CAA	cerebral amyloid angiopathy
CES	cardioembolic stroke
CI	cerebral ischemia
CT	computed tomography
Cys	cysteine
DHF	diastolic heart failure
DNA	deoxyrybonucleic acid
ECM	extracellular matrix
ECV	electrical cardioversion
EF	ejection fraction
EGF	epidermal growth factor
EGRF	epithelial growth factor
END	early neurological deterioration
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ESUS	embolic stroke of undetermined source
FLAIR	fluid attenuated inversion recovery
G	guanine
GPI	glycosylophosphatydyloinosytol
HF	heart failure
HFrEF	heart failure with reduced ejection fraction
HT	hemorrhagic transformation
IS	ischemic stroke
LA	left atrium
LV	left ventricle
LVH	left ventricle hypertrophy
MAPK	mitogen activated protein
MCAO	middle cerebral artery occlusion
MMP	metalloproteinase
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
mRNA	messenger ribonucleic acid
MT-MMP	membrane type metalloproteinase
NF-κB	nuclear factor κB
PWV	pulse wave velocity
RA	right atrium
RAA	right atrium appendage
RAAS	renine angiotensine aldosterone system
RAS	renine angiotensine system
RECK	Reversion Inducing Cysteine Rich Protein with Kazal motifs
RCT	randomized clinical trial
RNA	ribonucleic acid
ROCK	Rho-associated protein kinase
rtPA	recombinant tissue plasminogen activator
RWF	right atrium free wall
SR	sinus rhythm
T	tymine
T2DM	type 2 diabetes mellitus
TGF	transforming growth factor
TIA	transient ischemic attack
TIMP	tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase
TRE	12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-responsive element