Figure 2.

Flow chart description (sample size, sex, early mortality, and survival rate) of 29 healthy adult dogs enrolled in the study. Dogs were studied into three groups based on different left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery ligation positions. “Early mortality” refers to 48-h postligation mortality. “Survival rate” refers to 5-wk postligation survival. Chronic ischemic HF refers to dogs with LVEF < 40% and NT-proBNP > 900 pmol/L. HF, heart failure; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NT-proBNP, NH₂-terminal-prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide.