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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Pathol. 2010 Nov 16;20(5):e189–e195. doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.09.007

Table 3.

Echocardiographic data

Groups N IVSd (mm) IVSs (mm) LVIDd (mm) LVIDs (mm) LVPWd (mm) LVPWs (mm) FS (%)
Female
 Sham 15 1.6 (0.4) 2.5 (0.5) 7.3 (0.6) 4.4 (0.8) 1.5 (0.4) 2.4 (0.7) 40.8 (7.1)
 MI 15 1.2 (0.4) 1.7 (0.8) 9.6 (0.8) 7.6 (1.1) 1.5 (0.4) 2.1 (0.5) 21.4 (7.2)
Male
 Sham 14 1.9 (0.5) 2.7 (0.6) 7.9 (0.7) 5.0 (0.6) 1.8 (0.5) 2.6 (0.4) 36.1 (3.7)
 MI 17 1.4 (0.4) 2.1 (0.5) 9.5 (0.8) 7.6 (1.0) 1.5 (0.4) 2.0 (0.5) 20.3 (5.5)

Data presented as means (SD).

N, number of rats; IVSd and IVSs, interventricular septum thickness during diastole and systole, respectively; LVIDd and LVIDs, left ventricular dimension during diastole and systole, respectively; LVPWd and LVPWs, left ventricular posterior wall thickness during diastole and systole, respectively; FS, fractional shortening.