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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hypertension. 2015 Nov 30;67(1):197–205. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.05838

Table 1.

Basal hemodynamic characteristics of sham-operated and heart failure rats

Measures Sham (n = 12) CHF (n = 12)
Body weight (g) 395 ± 21 444 ± 22*
Heart weight (g) 1.2 ± 0.2 2.1 ± 0.4*
Lung wet weight (g) 1.7 ± 0.2 2.3 ± 0.1*
Infarct size (% of epicardial LV) 0 37 ± 6*
LVEDP (mmHg) 1 ± 1 24 ± 6*
+ dP/dtmax (mmHg/sec) 6945 ± 299 5428 ± 154*
− dP/dtmax (mmHg/sec) −5365 ± 320 −3765 ± 293*
*

P < 0.05 vs. respective sham-operated rats. LV: left ventricle; LVEDP: left ventricular end diastolic pressure.