Ventricular expression of 10 central MitoDEGs (Aco2, Atp5a1, Ndufs3, Ndufv1, Cyc1, Suclg1, Sdha, Sdhb, Cs, and Ndufs2) was verified in a mouse model of myocardial infarction using PCR. Here, NDUFS2 is linked to myocardial infarction.