Table 1.

Cardiac parameters in endotoxemia with and without VT pretreatment

	LPS (n = 9)			LPS + VT (n = 9)
	Pre	Post (16 h)	delta	Pre	Post (16 h)	delta
Cardiac output, ml/min	18.47 ± 3.6	6.85 ± 3.1*	−11.64 ± 4.7	20.86 ± 2.4	9.32 ± 2.8*	−11.53 ± 4.6
Diameter (diastolic), mm	5.02 ± 2.4	3.8 ± 0.5*	−0.54 ± 2.6	4.12 ± 0.3	3.81 ± 0.4*	−0.3 ± 0.6
Diameter (systolic), mm	3.15 ± 0.6	3.4 ± 0.4*	0.71 ± 1.3	2.89 ± 0.5	3.19 ± 0.4*	0.31 ± 0.74
Ejection fraction, %	58.12 ± 8.6	22.96 ± 9.9*	−36.6 ± 17.8	57.5 ± 9.2	34.65 ± 10.3*	−22.9 ± 16.1
Fractional shortening, %	27.42 ± 5.4	10.51 ± 5.4*	−17.59 ± 8.5	30.21 ± 6.2	16.45 ± 5.6*	−13.8 ± 9.7
Heart rate, beats/min	448 ± 56	456 ± 31	11 ± 65	498 ± 47	437 ± 35	−60 ± 48†
Stroke volume, μl	41.04 ± 5.5	14.38 ± 7.0*	−26.9 ± 8.8	42.57 ± 4.7	21.42 ± 6.5*	−21.1 ± 9.5
Volume (diastolic), μl	71.79 ± 12.3	63.13 ± 18.5*	−6.68 ± 23.7	75.63 ± 14.2	63.4 ± 14.5*	−12.2 ± 24.3
Volume (systolic), μl	30.76 ± 10.6	48.74 ± 15.5*	20.18 ± 22.1	33.06 ± 12.6	41.98 ± 14.3*	8.9 ± 22.3

Values are means ± SD. VT, vasculotide.

^*P < 0.01 vs. pre-LPS value.

^†P < 0.05 between deltas.