Table 1.

Echocardiographic data showed the effects of rapamycin on myocardial autophagy induced by AB.

AB	-	-	-	+	+	+
rapamycin	-	+	+	-	+	+
PD98059	-	-	+	-	-	+
Number	n = 8	n = 8	n = 8	n = 8	n = 8	n = 8
LVEDd (mm)	3.69±0.12	3.72±0.24	3.56±0.18	5.12±0.13**	4.16±0.21*$	5.02±0.62**
LVEDs (mm)	2.64±0.34	2.58±0.26	2.75±0.12	4.6±0.42**	2.92±0.38$$	3.84±0.27*
LVPWd (mm)	0.89±0.08	0.91±0.14	0.87±0.08	1.23±0.11*	0.95±0.45$	1.18±0.02*
IVSTd (mm)	0.87±0.05	0.88±0.14	0.85±0.05	1.12±0.31*	0.96±0.06$	1.09±0.04*
EF%	53.6±4.8	50.9±6.3	54.2±4.9	35.62±2.5**	47.8±3.9$$	39.24±3.1**

AB, LVEDd, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (diastolic); LVEDs, left ventricular end-systolic dimension (systolic); LVPWd, left ventricular posterior wall (diastolic); IVSTd, interventricular septum thickness (diastolic); EF, ejection fraction. Data was represented as mean ± SEM, n = 8.

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01 vs. no-treatment groups.

^$P < 0.05,

^$$P < 0.01 vs. AB group.