Table 1.

Cardiovascular parameters in conscious C57BL/6 mice

	Baseline			7 days post-MI			28 days post-MI
	Sham	MI+PBS	MI+MSC	Sham	MI+PBS	MI+MSC	Sham	MI+PBS	MI+MSC
HR, beats/min	691 ± 7	646 ± 34	666 ± 13	716 ± 8	692 ± 16	678 ± 7	777 ± 43	799 ± 69	689 ± 9*†
IVSd, mm	0.79 ± 0.01	0.77 ± 0.01	0.76 ± 0.01	0.84 ± 0.01	0.81 ± 0.05	0.78 ± 0.02*	0.77 ± 0.02	0.77 ± 0.03	0.81 ± 0.01
LVIDd, mm	2.93 ± 0.05	3.09 ± 0.10	3.33 ± 0.09	3.02 ± 0.04	4.44 ± 0.32*	3.93 ± 0.28*	2.98 ± 0.04	4.76 ± 0.33*	4.35 ± 0.14*
LVPWd, mm	0.78 ± 0.02	0.76 ± 0.03	0.74 ± 0.01	0.77 ± 0.02	0.77 ± 0.07	0.80 ± 0.02	0.74 ± 0.03	0.60 ± 0.06*	0.83 ± 0.02*†
IVSs, mm	0.93 ± 0.02	0.89 ± 0.02	0.93 ± 0.02	0.95 ± 0.03	0.91 ± 0.04*	0.93 ± 0.02	0.88 ± 0.02	0.81 ± 0.03	0.93 ± 0.02†
LVIDs, mm	1.45 ± 0.03	1.53 ± 0.06	1.73 ± 0.06	1.53 ± 0.03	3.36 ± 0.29*	2.86 ± 0.14*†	1.52 ± 0.03	3.69 ± 0.32*	2.94 ± 0.16*†
LVPWs, mm	0.97 ± 0.02	0.97 ± 0.02	1.02 ± 0.02	0.99 ± 0.03	0.86 ± 0.07*	0.96 ± 0.02	0.92 ± 0.03	0.75 ± 0.07*	1.01 ± 0.02*†

Values are means ± SE; n = 6–14 mice/group. HR, heart rate; IVSd, interventricular septal thickness in diastole; LVIDd, left ventricle (LV) end-diastolic dimension; LVPWd, LV posterior wall thickness in diastole; IVSs, interventricular septal thickness in systole; LVIDs, LV end-systolic dimension; LVPWs, LV posterior wall thickness in systole; MI, myocardial infarction; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; MSC, mesenchymal stem cell.

^*P < 0.05 vs. Sham at specified time point.

^†P < 0.05 vs. MI+PBS at specified time point.