Table 4.

Transthoracic echocardiography under basal conditions

	WT (n= 16)	mVEGF−/− (n= 11)	P
Heart Rate (bpm)	529 ± 75	559 ± 44	ns
IVSd (mm)	0.61 ± 0.01	0.59 ± 0.01	ns
LVPWd (mm)	0.60 ± 0.01	0.61 ± 0.01	ns
LVEDD	48.3 ± 11.2	46.5 ± 8.5	ns
LVESD	12.7 ± 4.3	15.8 ± 4.8	ns
FS (%)	42.3 ± 4.4	36.0 ± 3.3*	0.008
Mean Vcf (circ s–1)	9.01 ± 1.46	8.27 ± 1.07	ns
LVEDD/BW	0.16 ± 0.02	0.18 ± 0.02	ns

Data are means ±s.d. IVSd, intraventricular septal thickness diastole; LVPWd, left ventricular posterior wall thickness diastole; LVEDD, left ventricle end-disystolic dimension; LVESD, left ventricle end-systolic dimension; FS, fractional shortening ([LVEDD-LVESD/LVEDD]× 100); Vcf, mean velocity of circumferential fibre shortening in circumference per second; BW, body weight.