Table 2.

Gross cardiac measurements.

	CT	CKD	CKDA
Right atrium (mg)	26.6 ± 2.5	31.67 ± 2.2	29.67 ± 2.9
Left atrium (mg)	24 ± 4.5	24.89 ± 1.48	23.33 ± 2.01
Right ventricle (mg)	263 ± 20.9	272 ± 12.08	239.7 ± 25.94
Left ventricle (mg)	726.8 ± 21.27	1025 ± 41.04∗	834 ± 38.67∗#
Heart (g)	1.04 ± 0.02	1.35 ± 0.04∗	1.12 ± 0.08∗#
LVIM (mg/g)	1.88 ± 0.03	3.12 ± 0.1∗	2.3 ± 0.1∗#
Heart/BW (g)	2.69 ± 0.04	4.13 ± 0.11∗	3.12 ± 0.17∗#

CT: control; CKD: chronic kidney disease; CKDA: chronic kidney disease treated with allicin; LVMI: left ventricle mass index; BW: body weight. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM of at least 6 animals from each experimental group. ^∗ p < 0.001 versus control and ^# p < 0.001 versus CKD.