Table 1.

Baseline values of morphology and hemodynamics in rats with heart failure and sham-operated rats in the microinjection experiments

	Sham	HF
Body weight, g	365±;17	360±;20
Heart weight, mg	1138±;64	1521±;88*
Heart weight/body weight, mg/g	3.1±;0.3	4.2±;0.4*
Infarct size, %LV	0	44.5±;5.5*
LVEDP, mmHg	2±;2	21±;4*
Basal mean arterial pressure, mmHg	91±;9	87±;8
Basal heart rate, beats/min	334±;31	368±;45
Basal integrated RSNA μVolt/s	44.2±;8.8	51.3±;11.2

Values are means ±; SE; n = 11 rats/group. LV, left ventricle; LVEDP, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; RSNA, renal sympathetic nerve activity.

^*P < 0.05 vs. sham rats.