Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patients whose heart samples were used

	Nonfailing (n = 8)	Hypertrophic (n = 5)	HF (n = 12)
Age, yr	48 ± 8	52 ± 3	51 ± 10
Male, %	80	88	100
Diagnosis	Head trauma, MVA, CVA	CVA	DCM
Hypertensive, %	38	100	17
HW/BW, g/kg	4.8 ± 1.6	5.4 ± 1.5	6.3 ± 1.6
%EF	64 ± 8	68 ± 10	16 ± 4*

Values are means ± SD. HF, heart failure; MVA, motor vehicle accident; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; DCM, dilated cardiomyopathy; HW/BW, heart weight/body weight; EF, ejection fraction.

^*P < 0.001 vs. nonfailing or hypertrophic.