Table 5.

Post-infarction LV remodeling parameters at 12 weeks of air or E-cig exposure

	Air	E-cig Nic +	p value	Effect size
	n = 33	n = 28		(Cohen’s d)
Total LV area (mm2)	98.5 ± 3.7	93.6 ± 3.1	0.310	0.26
LV cavity area (mm2)	48.7 ± 2.6	44.7 ± 2.1	0.239	0.30
Infarct size (% of LV circumference)	42.4 ± 1.6	40.2 ± 2.0	0.391	0.22
LV infarcted wall thickness (mm)	0.78 ± 0.03	0.78 ± 0.06	0.998	0.00
LV non-infarcted wall thickness (mm)	1.98 ± 0.05	2.02 ± 0.06	0.558	− 0.15
Infarct expansion index	1.3 ± 0.1	1.4 ± 0.1	0.481	− 0.18

LV left ventricular