. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 9.

Published in final edited form as: J Huntingtons Dis. 2012 May 31;1(1):10.3233/JHD-2012-120004. doi: 10.3233/JHD-2012-120004

Table 1. Body and cardiac parameters derived from 16 week old mice used for Langendorff preparations.

	WT (n=7)	R6/2 (n=7)
Body weight (g)	30.67 ± 0.63	23.58 ± 0.91 ^*
Crown-rump length (cm)	7.35 ± 0.09	7.11 ± 0.15
Ponderal index (kg/m³)	77.26 ± 2.59	66.29 ± 3.70 ^*
Heart weight whole, absolute (g)	0.14 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01 ^*
whole, relative (% total)	0.47 ± 0.02	0.45 ± 0.02
LV + septum, absolute (g)	0.10 ± 0.003	0.07 ± 0.004 ^*
LV + septum, relative (%total)	69.79 ± 1.96	71.08 ± 2.27
RV, absolute (g)	0.03 ± 0.005	0.02 ± 0.002 ^*
RV, relative (% total)	20.37 ± 2.87	19.03 ± 2.18
Heart rate (beats/min)	338.0 ± 6.20	318.00 ± 10.80
Coronary flow rate (ml/min)	2.21 ± 0.13	1.45 ± 0.18 ^*

LV, left ventricle; RV, right ventricle. Data are means ± SEM. Significant differences are R6/2 compared to WT mice.

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