Table 2.

Heart weight, blood pressure and ventricular function

	Control	AngII	AngII+A779
Heart/body weight, mg/g	2.93±0.03	3.35±0.08*	3.51±0.11*
Blood pressure, mm Hg	115±5.5	182±9.5*	178±5.8*
Ejection fraction, %	66.8±3.4	60.6±3.5	61.5±3.1
Fraction shortening, %	36.5±2.6	37.8±3.2	34.7±2.8
Average wall thickness, mm	2.0±0.1	2.2±0.1	2.2±0.1
Mitral valve E:A	1.4±0.1	1.4±0.1	1.2±0.1

Abbreviation: AngII, angiotensin II.

*P < 0.05 vs. control.