Table 1.

Body weight and heart weight for all four groups

	Body Weight	Heart Weight	HW/BW
WT-sham (n = 7)	26.20 ± 0.59	109.59 ± 2.97	4.19 ± 0.10
hKO-sham (n = 7)	28.15 ± 1.52	122.31 ± 8.59	4.34 ± 0.18
WT-MI (n = 22)	25.29 ± 0.70	164.69 ± 7.28*	6.66 ± 0.44*
hKO-MI (n = 22)	26.12 ± 0.69	158.94 ± 6.28*	6.11 ± 0.21*

Values are means ± SE.

^*P < 0.05 vs. respective sham. HW, heart weight; BW, body weight; WT, wild-type; hKO, heterozygous knockout; MI, myocardial infarction.