Table 3.

Left ventricular function

		Young		Old
	Unit	MYC	MYS	MOC	MOS
EF (baseline)	%	82.05 ± 5.48	72.91 ± 3.47	67.88 ± 8.03*	66.47 ± 6.26*
EF (2 weeks)	%	83.63 ± 1.20	67.33 ± 7.75*	62.12 ± 2.82*	58.33 ± 2.67**#
EF (4 weeks)	%	79.33 ± 1.84	66.33 ± 3.18*	62.30 ± 2.66*	40.14 ± 8.57**#
FS (baseline)	%	45.99 ± 5.46	40.51 ± 2.85	33.15 ± 5.50*	31.49 ± 4.71*
FS (2 weeks)	%	45.28 ± 2.28	32.33 ± 5.24*	31.90 ± 1.64*	27.33 ± 1.67**#
FS (4 weeks)	%	41.28 ± 2.48	32.05 ± 2.52*	27.75 ± 2.27*	17.67 ± 4.67**#

Values are mean ± S.E. FS, fractional shortening, EF, ejection fractional. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 significant difference vs MYC. ^#p < 0.05, ^##p < 0.01 siginificant differentce from MOC.