Table 1.

Cardiac and left and right ventricular masses

	Absolute Mass, mg		Relative Mass, mg/100 g body wt
Organ	Sham	VNS	Sham	VNS
n	12	10	12	10
Cardiac mass	1,057 ± 27	1,039 ± 26	410 ± 11	442 ± 13
Left ventricle	872 ± 24	846 ± 30	338 ± 10	358 ± 9
Right ventricle	174 ± 6	173 ± 14	68 ± 3	74 ± 7

Values are means ± SE; n, no. of rats. Cardiac and left and right ventricular masses were determined by weighing after euthanasia. Cardiac mass corresponds to the mass of the whole heart, from which the atrial appendages were dissected off.