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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2005 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2005 May 2;111(18):2330–2338. doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000164234.24957.75

TABLE 1.

Tissue Weights and Hemodynamic Parameters

BW (kg) LA/BW (g/kg) RA/BW (g/kg) LV/BW (g/kg) RV/BW (g/kg) HR (bpm) LVSP (mmHg) LVEDP (mmHg) +dP/dtmax (mmHgsec−1) −dP/dtmin (mmHgsec−1)
NTG 3.1 ± 0.1 0.09 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01 1.36 ± 0.09 0.34 ± 0.04 234 ± 32 76 ± 12 6 ± 1 2119 ± 246 2181 ± 177
TG 3.4 ± 0.2 0.10 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01 1.19 ± 0.04 0.31 ± 0.02 248 ± 14 69 ± 6 5 ± 2 2396 ± 206 2119 ± 249

Values are mean ± SEM. n=8 (groups contain 3–4 males and 3–4 females at 6 months). BW, body weight; LA, left atria; RA, right atria; LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle. LVSP, left ventricular systolic pressure: LVEDP, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure.