Table 3.

Echocardiography left ventricular parameters measured before and after ischemia/reperfusion for control and experimental animals

		Systolic Area (mm2)		Diastolic Area (mm2)		Systolic Volume (μL)		Diastolic Volume (μL)
Gender	Group	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
Both	Control	6.71±0.55	11.80±0.75*	14.07±0.62	14.99±0.83	9.59±1.24	24.80±2.45*	32.76±2.28	36.36±3.02
	Experimental	8.26±0.85	14.12±1.01*	16.60±1.07	18.00±1.07†	13.66±2.31	32.27±3.27*	42.60±4.28	48.52±4.21†
Males	Control	7.13±0.83	13.04±1.16*	15.09±0.85	16.30±1.23	10.51±1.77	29.82±3.80*	36.54±3.08	41.90±4.63
	Experimental	9.10±1.36	15.60±1.03*	17.62±1.88	19.72±0.93†	15.99±3.81	37.49±3.28*	47.18±7.37	55.53±3.89†
Females	Control	6.34±0.76	10.74±0.84*	13.18±0.79	13.87±1.02	8.80±1.80	20.49±2.31*	29.51±2.95	31.62±3.25
	Experimental	5.55±0.80	11.18±1.36*	12.82±0.82	14.55±1.62	6.80±1.50	21.81±3.50*	27.12±2.41	34.50±5.07

^*p<0.05 vs the same group before ischemia/reperfusion.

^†p<0.05 vs the control group after ischemia/reperfusion. The experimental numbers are in Tables 1 and 2.