. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 2.

Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Sci Ther. 2013;5(2):052–057. doi: 10.4172/1948-5956.1000184

Table 2.

Strain and M-mode echocardiography parameters for ventricular function [mean (standard deviation)] obtained from Wistar rats by the end of the experimental period.

	Groups
Parameters	Control	Doxorubicin	Doxorubicin + stem cells	Doxorubicin + C. sinensis
Radial Strain
Velocity (cm/s)	1.95(0.4)	1.02(0.4)^*	1.94(0.6)^†	1.08(0.2)^*
Displacement (mm)	0.90(0.2)	0.49(0.2)^*	0.80(0.2)^†	0.51(0.2)^*
Strain (%)	21.7(2.8)	13.0(7.3)	33.3(25.4)	11.0(4.2)
Strain rate (1/s)	5.7(0.5)	3.9(0.5)	5.9(2.3)	3.7(0.3)
M-mode
Ejection fraction (%)	70.7(3.9)	60.8(13.0)	73.6(1.9)	63.6(4.1)
Fractional shortening (%)	41.6(2.7)	33.4(9.2)	43.6(1.6)	35.2(3.5)

p < 0.05 vs. Control;

^†

p < 0.05 vs. Doxorubicin