Table 1. Morphometric data.

	Sham	MI	MI+T3
Body weight (g)	251±12	264±16*	260±17
HW (mg)	890±15	1213±29**	1212±28***
LVW+SepW (mg)	620±59	750±63***	690±71**§§
RVW (mg)	170±28	250±12	240±11
HW/BW (mg/g)	3.6±0.6	4.6±0.9**	4.7±0.98**
(LVW+SepW)/BW (mg/g)	2.5±0.2	2.8±0.2***	2.7±0.2*§
RVW/BW (mg/g)	0.7±0.1	0.9±0.4	0.9±0.4

Values are means±SD

MI–Myocardial Infarction; Triiodo-L-thyronine (T3)

BW–Body weight

HW–Heart weight

LVW+SepW–Left ventricular Weight including septal weight

RVW–Right ventricular weight

n = 13–16 sham; 20–21 MI+Veh; 22–24 MI+T3

*p<0.05 vs. Sham

**p<0.01 vs. Sham

***p<0.01 vs. Sham

^§p<0.05

^§§p<0.01 vs. MI.