Fig. 1.
M-mode echocardiography. A: representative echocardiography images of mice at 3 day (d) post-myocardial infarction (MI), sham-operated, saline-treated, sildenafil-treated, and fasudil-treated mice at 28 day post-MI. B: fractional shortening. C: ejection fraction. D: left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic diameter. E: LV end-systolic diameter. F: anterior wall diastolic thickness (AWDT). G: heart rate. bpm, Beats/min. *P < 0.05 vs. saline at 7 days; #P < 0.05 vs. saline at 28 days; n = 10–12/group.