Table 1.

Morphometric measurements

Parameters	Sham	ISO	UB + ISO	UB	P Value
BW, g	30.27 ± 1.00	31.95 ± 0.86	31.60 ± 0.64	31.00 ± 0.76	NS
HW, mg	129.7 ± 6.74	167.4 ± 8.98*	178.6 ± 7.46*	144.5 ± 10.8	<0.01*
HW/BW, mg/g	4.29 ± 0.21	5.22 ± 0.17*	5.65 ± 0.21*	4.65 ± 0.29	<0.01*

Values are means ± SE; n = 6.

ISO, isoproterenol; UB, ubiquitin; HW, heart weight; BW, body weight; NS, not significant.

^*Comparison vs. sham.