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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2011 Mar 28;123(14):1529–1536. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.977843

Table 3.

Sheep mechanistic study

MR
n=4
Control
n=5
Before MI After MI Before MI After MI
LVESV (ml) 16.2 ± 1.9 28.7 ± 4.3a 19 ± 4.7 27.0 ± 5.4 b
LVEDV (ml) 40.6 ± 2.1 49.8 ± 2.9 a 45.1 ± 8.3 51.9 ± 11.3
EF (%) 60.2 ± 3 42.6 ± 5.2 a 57.3 ± 4 47.4 ± 5.3 b
LVEDD (cm) 4.3±0.2 4.1±0.2 4.0±0.2 4.2±0.3
LVESD (cm) 3.1±0.1 3.1±0.3 3.0±0.3 3.1±0.2
Annulus max (cm) 3.0 ± 0.1 3.0 ± 0.1 2.9 ± 0.1 2.9 ± 0.1
Annulus min (cm) 2.9 ± 0.2 2.9 ± 0.1 3.0 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 0.1
Annulus change (cm) 0.1 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.1
TL-Diast (cm) 2.6 ± 0.5 3.0 ± 0.4 2.3 ± 0.3 2.5 ± 0.3c
TL-Syst (cm) 2.1 ± 0.4 2.9 ± 0.4 a 2.0 ± 0.4 2.1 ± 0.3c
TL: ED-ES 0.6 ± 0.2 0.2 ± 0.1 a 0.4 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.2c
TH-Diast (cm) 1.9 ± 0.2 2.5 ± 0.5 1.8 ± 0.5 1.9 ± 0.6
TH-Syst (cm) 1.8 ± 0.2 2.4 ± 0.5 a 1.7 ± 0.5 1.8 ± 0.5
TH: ED-ES 0.2 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.2
a

MR group, After vs. Before MI, p<0.01

b

Control group, After vs. Before MI, p<0.01

c

MR versus Control, After MI, p<0.01

Abbreviations as in Table 2.