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. 2004 Aug;24(16):7179–7187. doi: 10.1128/MCB.24.16.7179-7187.2004

TABLE 2.

Echocardiography measurements^a

Animals	Mean ± SEM
	Diastolic dimension				Systolic dimension				% Fractional shortening
	Intraventricular septum (cm)	LV (cm)	LV posterior wall (cm)	LV mass (mg)	Intraventricular septum (cm)	LV (cm)	LV posterior wall (cm)^b	LV mass (mg)	% Fractional shortening
+/+	0.098 ± 0.003	0.296 ± 0.008	0.103 ± 0.004	102.1 ± 5.4	0.176 ± 0.005	0.134 ± 0.007	0.138 ± 0.004	93.3 ± 6.0	54.6 ± 1.6
−/−	0.099 ± 0.003	0.301 ± 0.013	0.109 ± 0.006	112.0 ± 9.7	0.178 ± 0.006	0.142 ± 0.009	0.152 ± 0.005	109.6 ± 10.4	53.0 ± 1.5

^a

LV, left ventricle.

^b

The P value for a comparison of the two groups of animals was 0.049.