Table 1.

ECHO parameters of LV cardiac function and infarct size among three groups 7 days after cell delivery

	Control (6)	IV (6)	IM (6)
LVEF (%)	36.68 ± 1.11	36.62 ± 1.18	41.45 ± 1.54*
LVFS (%)	18.02 ± 0.72	17.98 ± 0.71	20.51 ± 0.84*
Infarct size (%)	41.12 ± 3.3	40.92 ± 3.27	23.10 ± 1.98*

Notes: Data represented as mean ± SD.

^*P < 0.01, IM group compared with IV group and control group. Infarct size was quantified as a percentage of the LV transverse perimeter occupied by collagen.

Abbreviations: ECHO, echocardiography; LV, left ventricular; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; FS, fractional shortening; C, control group; IV, intravenous group; IM, intramyocardial group; SD, standard deviation.