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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Nov 19;18(2):152–161. doi: 10.1177/1074248412458975

Table 3.

Results of postmortem morphometric analysis.

Cromolyn (n=13) Control (n=11) P
LV Average wall thickness (mm) 2.2±0.1 1.9±0.1 0.03
Septal wall thickness (mm) 1.9±0.1 1.6±0.1 0.11
Whole LV area (mm2) 60±0.5 59.3±3.9 0.89
LV Wall area (mm2) 43.7±2.2 37.1±1.4 0.02
LV cavity (mm2) 16.3±2.6 22.2±3.4 0.18
Fibrotic area (mm2) 3.9±0.5 4.6±0.6 0.38
Percentage of fibrosis out of LV wall area (%) 8.9±1 12.4±1.5 0.065
a

Values are means ± SE.

b

LV = left ventricular