Table 1. Parameters used for echocardiographic assessment.

	sham	MI	MI+RSV	MI+RSV+NAM
IVS (mm)	0.46±0.04	0.29±0.02*	0.34±0.02**	0.27±0.01*
LVEDD (mm)	4.76±0.11	5.45±0.09*	5.08±0.07**	5.35±0.08*
LVESD (mm)	2.98±0.09	4.60±0.21*	3.80±0.11*, #	4.41±0.14*, §
LVPW (mm)	0.67±0.06	0.51±0.03	0.61±0.05	0.52±0.03
Heart Rate (bpm)	387.50±14.70	388.11±15.95	381.67±12.93	409.00±17.40

The values are expressed as the means ± SEMs.

LVPW: left ventricular posterior wall; bpm: beats per minute.

* p<0.01 vs. the sham group;

** p<0.05 vs. the sham group;

^# p<0.01 vs. the MI group;

^§ p<0.05 vs. the MI+RSV group.