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Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2010 Jul 9;3(5):550–558. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.109.918540

Table 2.

LVEF and signal intensity in animals with and without events (mean±standard error)

Treatment	Acceptable gating (n)	LVEF (%)	Signal Intensity
Normal Saline
0 wks	7	77±3	5.3±1.8
2 wks	5	73±2	2.4±1.3
4 wks	6	77±3	1.8±1.6
7 wks	5	78±2	3.1±3.1
Doxorubicin: No Drop/Event
0 wks	17	77±1	3.3±1.1
2 wks	15	76±1	6.8±3.3
4 wks	8	78±3	8.3±0.4
7 wks	5	77±3	2.2±0.4
Doxorubicin: Yes Drop/Event
0 wks	16	74±2	5.3±1.4
2 wks	14	70±1^*	7.1±3.1
4 wks	16	65±2^*	23.7±8.2
7 wks	9	61±4^*	29.4±5.0^*

Abbreviations: LVEF=left ventricular ejection fraction

p<0.05 from 0 weeks