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Table 1 Body weight and echocardiographic parameters in post-myocardial infarction and sham-operated rats 2 months after surgery

From: Transcriptional profiling of left ventricle and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in a rat model of postinfarction heart failure

 

Sham, n = 6

Infarct

Small, n=6

Moderate, n=6

Large, n=5

BW [g]

419 ± 14

411 ± 8

424 ± 22

377 ± 4*

Infarct size [%]

0

10.5 ± 1.6***

25.8 ± 1.6***

49.8 ± 1.5***

LVEDD [mm2]

58.3 ± 1.0

63.8 ± 2.1

67.5 ± 1.1***

99 ± 6.3***

LVESD [mm2]

26.5 ± 0.7

35 ± 1.5**

39.5 ± 0.8***

76 ± 6.0***

EF [%]

54.5 ± 0.9

45.2 ± 0.7***

41.5 ± 0.5***

23.2 ± 2.8***

LVEDP [mm Hg]

6.0 ± 0.3

5.8 ± 0.3

6.8 ± 0.3

21.1 ± 0.5***

  1. BW - body weight, LVEDD - left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVESD - left ventricular end-systolic diameter, EF- ejection fraction, LVEDP - left ventricular end-diastolic pressure.
  2. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001.
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