. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2007 Oct 26;44(1):180–187. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2007.09.009

Table 1.

Changes in body weight, heart weight, and infarct size.

	Body Wt1 (gm)	Body Wt2 (gm)	Heart Wt (mg)	Hw/BWt2 (mg/gm)	LV Wt (mg)	RV Wt (mg)	Infarct size (%)
Sham (n=11)	249(13)	233(10)^§§	837(81)	3.6(0.4)	558(87)	180(40)
MI (n=10)	265(12)	243(11)^§§	1036(117) ^†	4.3(0.5)^‡	685(64)^‡	217(47)	36(4)
MI+T3 (n=12)	251(20)	223(23)^**^§§	1047(113)^‡	4.7(0.5)^*^‡	669(58)^‡	220(50)^†	34(8)

Data presented as means (SD).

Body Wt1= body weight before surgery; Body wt2 = body weight at terminal study. Heart Wt = heart weight; Hw/BWt2 = heart wt-to-body wt2 ratio; LV Wt = left ventricular weight; RV Wt = right ventricular weight;

P ≤ 0.05,

^**

P ≤ 0.01 vs. MI rats;

^†

P ≤ 0.05,

^‡

P ≤ 0.01 vs. Sham operated rats; ANOVA with Student-Newman-Keuls’ Multiple Comparison Test;

^§§

P ≤ 0.01 vs. Body Wt1; Paired Student’s t-test.