Table 2.

Echocardiography measurements

	Pre-Breast Cancer	Post-Breast Cancer
	(n = 8)	(n = 8)
LVIDd, cm	0.67 ± 0.01	0.63 ± 0.03
LVIDs, cm	0.36 ± 0.01	0.33 ± 0.02
LVPWd, cm	0.18 ± 0.10	0.18 ± 0.02
LVPWs, cm	0.28 ± 0.01	0.31 ± 0.09
FS, %	46 ± 1	54 ± 4
LVEDV, ml	0.67 ± 0.05	0.60 ± 0.07
LVESV, ml	0.12 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.03
SV, ml	0.55 ± 0.04	0.52 ± 0.05
EF, %	82 ± 1	87 ± 3
Heart rate (bpm)	304 ± 6	314 ± 12
Cardiac output (mL/min)	167 ± 12	163 ± 17
LV ΔP/ΔT (mmHg/s)	8024 ± 191 ¥	8585 ± 717
LVEDP (mmHg)	2 ± 0 ¥	5 ± 1*

Data are means ± SE. n, number of rats; LV, left ventricular; LVIDd, LV internal diameter in diastole; LVIDs, LV internal diameter in systole; LVPWd, LV posterior wall in diastole; LVPWs, LV posterior wall in systole; FS, fractional shortening; LVEDV, LV end diastolic volume; LVESV, LV end systolic volume; SV, stroke volume; EF, ejection fraction; bpm, beats per minute; LV ΔP/ΔT, LV change in pressure over change in time; LVEDP, LV end diastolic pressure;

^*P < 0.05 vs pre-breast cancer;

^¥measured from subsample of healthy control rats (n = 5).