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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 6.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Mar 7;294(5):H2313–H2321. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.01288.2007

Table 1.

Anatomical Data

BW (kg) LV (g) RV (g) LV/BW (g/kg) RV/BW (g/kg) Infarct Size (SSA/LVSA)
Normal (n=8) 45 ± 5 118 ± 16 40 ± 3 2.6 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.1 0
MI (n=8) 44 ± 8 146 ± 9 51 ± 6 3.3 ± 0.3 1.3 ± 0.2 0.13 ± 0.3
AoB (n=8) 42 ± 4 151 ± 16 52 ± 4 3.7 ± 0.2 1.3 ± 0.2 0

Values presented as mean±SEM; n=Number of Pigs; BW=Body Weight, LV=Left Ventricular Weight, RV=Right Ventricular Weight; SSA=Scar Surface Area; LVSA=LV Surface Area (by post-morterm examination)

p<0.05 vs Normal