Table 3.

Left ventricular function determined by cine MRI in control rats and hyaluronidase-treated rats

	Control		Hyaluronidase
	Baseline N = 5	Adenosine	Baseline N = 6	Adenosine
Heart rate (bpm)	384 ± 17	327 ± 21†	425 ± 24	334 ± 19†
EDV (µl)	316 ± 33	348 ± 30	232 ± 21	273 ± 38
ESV (µl)	83 ± 18	55 ± 8	64 ± 6	74 ± 13
SV (µl)	233 ± 42	294 ± 27	168 ± 17	199 ± 44
EF (%)	72 ± 5	84 ± 2	72 ± 2	71 ± 6

Data are expressed as mean ± SEM

EDV end-diastolic volume, SV stroke volume, EF ejection fraction

* p < 0.05 vs. control group, ^† p < 0.05 adenosine effect. No significant differences were found for the intervention group hyaluronidase compared to the control group