Table 2.

Echocardiographic analysis of DSS rats treated with PC

	Normal diet		HS diet
	C	PC	C	PC
HR, beats per min	394 ± 13	405 ± 8	352 ± 22*	360 ± 8
AWd, mm	1.72 ± 0.07	1.65 ± 0.06	2.14 ± 0.04*	1.91 ± 0.05*†
PWd, mm	1.82 ± 0.06	1.81 ± 0.07	2.37 ± 0.10*	1.88 ± 0.04†
LVDd, mm	7.82 ± 0.18	7.73 ± 0.22	7.80 ± 0.27	8.35 ± 0.05
LVDs, mm	3.70 ± 0.14	3.73 ± 0.11	4.25 ± 0.22	3.93 ± 0.08
LV mass, g	0.83 ± 0.03	0.79 ± 0.02	1.17 ± 0.05*	1.01 ± 0.02*†
FS, %	52.7 ± 1.1	51.6 ± 0.8	45.7 ± 1.6*	52.9 ± 1.0†

Results are presented as mean ± SEM.

*, P < 0.05 vs. normal diet treated with V.

^†, P < 0.05 vs. HS diet treated with V. C, V control; HR, heart rate; AWd, anterior wall thickness in diastole; PWd, posterior wall thickness in diastole; LVDd, LV dimension in diastole; LVDs, LV dimension in systole, LV mass, calculated LV mass; FS, fractional shortening.