Table 1.

Animal characteristic and left ventricular performance

	BSN	Day 3	Day 10	Day 30	Day 60	Day 90	p-value
LVEF (%)	52.7 ± 1.3	47.0 ± 2.4	43.3 ± 2.2	41.2 ± 2.0	38.1 ± 2.9	39.1 ± 2.8	<0.001
LVSV (ml)	21.0 ± 0.9	16.0 ± 0.8	16.8 ± 0.8	16.3 ± 1.1	17.6 ± 2.0	19.2 ± 1.9	0.03
LVEDV (ml)	40.3 ± 2.5	36.0 ± 2.5	39.2 ± 1.9	39.8 ± 2.6	46.3 ± 3.6	49.4 ± 3.5	0.002
LVESV (ml)	19.3 ± 1.7	19.8 ± 2.1	22.4 ± 1.7	23.5 ± 2.0	28.7 ± 2.7	30.2 ± 2.7	<0.001
LVED mass (gram)	32.1 ± 1.5	34.7 ± 1.7	34.4 ± 2.4	32.3 ± 1.6	35.8 ± 1.6	38.6 ± 1.8	0.01
BW (kg)	30.8 ± 1.5	29.7 ± 1.4	32.0 ± 1.8	31.7 ± 1.0	33.9 ± 1.2	35.1 ± 1.7	0.1

LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LVSV left ventricular systolic volume, LVEDV left

ventricular end-diastolic volume, LVESV left ventricular end-systolic volume, BW body

weight BSN baseline (CMR prior to MI)

* p < 0.05 versus BSN

^† p < 0.01 versus BSN

^‡ p < 0.01 versus Day 3

^§ p < 0.05 versus Day 3

^|| p < 0.05 versus Day 10

^¶ p < 0.05 versus Day 30