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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Med. 2002 May;8(5):473–479. doi: 10.1038/nm0502-473

Table 1.

Physiological parameters and myocardial infarct sizes in C57Bl/6 mice

Control
(n = 8)		 Dex
(n = 8)		 Dex + RU486
(n = 8)		 Dex + L-NAME
(n = 8)
HR (pre) 395 ± 9 346 ± 16* 425 ± 13 374 ± 13
HR (dur) 423 ± 12 403 ± 20 468 ± 17* 401 ± 12
HR (post) 436 ± 17 408 ± 9 468 ± 13 405 ± 9
Heart/BWT (%) 0.48 ± 0.01 0.46 ± 0.01 0.51 ± 0.01 0.48 ± 0.02
LV/BWT (%) 0.35 ± 0.01 0.32 ± 0.01* 0.39 ± 0.018 0.36 ± 0.02
RR (% LV) 35.6 ± 1.7 36.2 ± 3.3 40.5 ± 2.5 34.5 ± 2.9
IF/LV (%) 19.2 ± 2.1 12.2 ± 2.4* 20.7 ± 2.0 18.5 ± 2.8

Control, untreated; HR, heart rate before (pre), during (dur) and after (post) 30 min of ischemia; BWT, body weight; LV, left ventricle; RR, region at risk for ischemia; IF, infarct area. Values are means ± s.e.m.

*

P < 0.05 versus control group.