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. 2016 Dec 27;8(3):5400–5413. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.14284

Table 1. Echocardiographic assessment showed that NGF could improve cardiac function.

Parameters Sham I/R I/R+NGF
LVEDd 3.0±0.2 3.7±0.3* 3.3±0.1#
LVESd 1.4±0.2 2.3±0.2* 1.8±0.1#
EF(%) 81.0±3.3 57.9±2.5** 67.1±3.9#
FS(%) 56.4±3.1 35.4±1.8** 43.5±2.3#

LVESd: left ventricular end systolic dimension. LVEDd: left ventricular end diastolic dimension. EF: ejection fraction. FS: fractional shortening. * represents P < 0.05 vs. Sham group. ** represents P < 0.01 vs. Sham group. # represents P<0.05 vs. I/R group, Values are mean ± SD.