Table 1.

Echocardiographic Indices of Cardiac Structure and Functions

	Sham	OVX-V	OVX-Cromolyn
Body weight (g)	274 ± 9	293 ± 7*	267 ± 10
Left ventricle/tibial length (mg/mm)	12.3 ± 0.5	12.4 ± 0.3	12.4 ± 0.5
Heart rate (bpm)	283 ± 10	275 ± 9	288 ± 19
Left ventricle mass	0.624 ± 0.05	0.818 ± 0.07*	0.721 ± 0.03
Relative wall thickness	0.49 ± 0.04	0.68 ± 0.05*	0.56 ± 0.02
Left ventricular end systolic dimension (cm)	0.26 ± 0.02	0.31 ± 0.01	0.32 ± 0.02
Left ventricular end diastolic dimension (cm)	0.59 ± 0.04	0.62 ± 0.01	0.63 ± 0.01
Fractional shortening (%)	56.1 ± 2.1	51.6 ± 2.6	48.7 ± 2.3
E-wave deceleration time time (s)	0.046 ± 0.003	0.048 ± 0.002	0.052 ± 0.003
Emax (cm/s)	52.9 ± 3.5	58.3 ± 1.7	56.6 ± 2.5
Amax (cm/s)	37.0 ± 2.2	41.2 ± 2.9	39.8 ± 2.4
E/A	1.44 ± 0.07	1.46 ± 0.14	1.46 ± 0.11
Myocardial performance index	0.22 ± 0.02	0.33 ± 0.03*	0.29 ± 0.02

V vehicle; OVX ovariectomized; Emax maximum early transmittal filling velocity; Amax maximum late transmitral filling velocity; E/A early-to-late transmitral filling ratio; MPI myocardial performance index. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.

^*P<0.05 vs. Sham.