Table 4. Body and tissue masses, and left ventricular volumes and function in Protocol 2 taken at 22 weeks following surgery.

	18% Protein Diet		30% Protein Diet
	Sham (n=16)	Heart Failure (n=24)	Heart Failure (n=13)
Final body mass (g)	450 ± 10	424 ± 11	423 ± 9
Atria mass (mg)	81.9 ± 4.3	294 ± 17*	256 ± 23.4*
RV mass (mg)	210 ± 6.3	396 ± 22.1*	424 ± 27*
LV mass (mg)	984 ± 22	1411 ± 46*	1477 ± 52*
Retroperitoneal fat pad mass (g)	5.08 ± 0.26	3.41 ± 0.32*	2.81 ± 0.34*
Epididymal fat pad mass (g)	5.44 ± 0.39	4.30 ± 0.22*	3.88 ± 0.30*
Liver mass (g)	12.63 ± 0.30	12.72 ± 0.48	13.32 ± 0.38
Kidney mass (g)	2.74 ± 0.05	2.16 ± 0.07*	2.33 ± 0.06*
Serum Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.76 ± 0.20	1.24 ± 0.10	1.21 ± 0.20
Echocardiography:
Heart rate (bpm)	366 ± 5	330 ± 6*	327 ± 7*
End Diastolic volume (mL)	0.29 ± 0.03	0.40 ± 0.04	0.44 ± 0.06
End Systolic volume (mL)	0.05 ± 0.01	0.15 ± 0.02*	0.18 ± 0.03*

^*p<0.05 compared to the sham group. There were no significant differences between the two heart failure