Table 2.

Characteristics of sham and heart failure rats in the molecular biological experiments

	Sham	HF
Body weight, g	378±;26	393±;24
Heart weight, mg	1159±;78	1614±;87*
Heart weight/body weight, mg/g	3.1±;0.4	4.1±;0.3*
Infarct size, %LV	0	40.2±;6.8*
LVEDP, mmHg	3±;1	26±;7*

Values are presented as mean ±; SE; n = 8 rats/group.

^*P < 0.05 vs. sham rats.