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Table 1 Left ventricular echocardiographic measurements

From: Adverse transverse-tubule remodeling in a rat model of heart failure is attenuated with low-dose triiodothyronine treatment

 

Sham

MI + Veh

MI + T3

Heart Rate (bpm)

300 ± 31

304 ± 26

348 ± 77

Ejection Fraction (%)

82 ± 4

43 ± 8*

50 ± 5*#

Left Atrial Diameter (mm)

3.70 ± 0.49

5.21 ± 1.22*

4.68 ± 1.69

LV End Systolic Volume (cm3)

0.15 ± 0.05

1.42 ± 0.39*

1.17 ± 0.36*

LV End Diastolic Volume (cm3)

0.83 ± 0.18

2.44 ± 0.38*

2.32 ± 0.63*

Anterior wall thickness systole (mm)

2.00 ± 0.22

0.84 ± 0.17*

1.12 ± 0.33*#

Anterior wall thickness diastole (mm)

1.16 ± 0.07

0.76 ± 0.17*

0.88 ± 0.19*

Posterior wall thickness systole (mm)

2.08 ± 0.19

2.05 ± 0.13

2.11 ± 0.11

Posterior wall thickness diastole (mm)

1.15 ± 0.06

1.17 ± 0.05

1.20 ± 0.07

  1. Values are mean ± SD. MI, myocardial infarction; Veh, vehicle; T3, triiodothyronine. Sham, n = 11; MI + Veh, n = 11; MI + T3, n = 10. One-way ANOVA, post-hoc Tukey’s multiple group comparisons. *p < 0.05 vs sham, #p < 0.05 vs MI + Veh
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