Table 1.

Selected abbreviations for cardiac function data

Abbreviation	Terminology
IRI	Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury
HW	Heart weight
TL	Tibia length
BW	Body weight
HR	Heart rate
LVESP	Left ventricular end-systolic pressure
LVEDP	Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure
dP/dt max	Maximum rate of pressure change in the left ventricle
dP/dt min	Minimum rate of pressure change in the left ventricle
LVESV	Left ventricular end-systolic volume
LVEDV	Left ventricular end-diastolic volume
SV	Stroke volume
CO	Cardiac output
EF	Ejection fraction
Tau	Time constant of left ventricular pressure fall
ESPVR	End-systolic pressure volume relationship
EDPVR	End-diastolic pressure volume relationship
PRSW	Preload recruitable stroke work