Echocardiographic data of left ventricular function

	Sham (n= 10)	MI (n= 10)	P-value
HR (bpm)	270 ± 15	326 ± 110	0.18
FS (%)	43.2 ± 4.5	16.7 ± 5.5	<0.001
PWSV (mm/s)	37.8 ± 5.3	20.2 ± 3.3	<0.001
E-wave	84.0 ± 11.6	117.6 ± 16.7	<0.001
A-wave	57.9 ± 17.5	23.3 ± 8.6	<0.001
E/A	1.52 ± 0.27	5.78 ± 2.18	<0.001
EDT (ms)	52.0 ± 6.0	31.3 ± 8.0	<0.001
IVRT (ms)	27.3 ± 2.6	24.8 ± 4.1	0.17

Data are mean ± SD; Student’s t-test.

MI, animals with myocardial infarction-induced heart failure; n, number of animals; HR, heart rate; bpm, beats per minute; FS, endocardial fractional shortening; PWSV, posterior wall shortening velocity; E-wave and A-wave, early and late diastolic mitral inflow, respectively; EDT, E wave deceleration time; IVRT, isovolumetric relaxation time.