Table 1.

Left Ventricular Function and Hemodynamic Parameters 1 Week after Infarction at Varied Device Inflation Levels (Mean± SEM)

	Device Inflation Level
Parameter	0 ml	2 ml	4 ml	6 ml	8 ml	10 ml
End-Diastolic Volume (ml)	90.0±5.6	89.8±5.9	94.8±7.1	89.7±4.7	88.2±4.6	82.8±4.9
End-Systolic Volume (ml)	59.9±3.8	59.1±3.9	60.3±5.5	54.0±3.1*	50.5±4.8*	46.1±2.2*
Ejection Fraction (%)	34.6±1.6	33.8±3.1	36.5±2.8	39.7±0.9*	43.1±2.7*	44.1±0.9*
Stroke Volume (ml)	31.2±2.6	30.7±4.0	34.5±3.7	35.7±2.0*	37.5±1.9*	36.6±2.8
Heart Rate (bpm)	108.3±8.3	108.0±7.5	108.3±8.3	109.5±5.6	109.8±7.4	106.7±6.8
LV End Diastolic Pressure (mmHg)	14.1±3.6	12.2±2.3	11.7±1.9	11.8±1.9	11.8±1.9	10.4±1.8
Peak LV Pressure (mmHg)	70.8±5.5	65.9±2.4	65.8±2.1	69.1±4.5	67.2±3.2	64.6±1.3
dp/dtmax (mmHg/s)	907±104	861±58	817±74	839±48	850±65	786±85
dp/dtmin (mmHg/s)	−806±45	−731±39	−744±44	−815±106	−834±47	−791±56

^*p<0.05, versus 0ml, On-way ANOVA with repeated measures and Tukey multiple comparison