Table 1.

Anatomical and echocardiographic data for control and SCI rats at 42 days post-SCI.

	T2 SCI (n = 8)	CON (n = 6)
Anatomical data
Body mass (g)	259.13 ± 14.49	272.17 ± 7.86
Heart mass (g)	1.013 ± 0.18†	1.08 ± 0.11
Heart mass/femur	1.22 ± 0.22	1.42 ± 0.27
Collagen content	0.0095 ± 0.0013††	0.0016 ± 0.0003
Echocardiographic data
Dimensions
LVIDd (mm)	6.95 ± 0.49†††	7.67 ± 0.56
LVIDs (mm)	4.44 ± 0.30††	3.92 ± 0.26
EDV (µl)	253.03 ± 40.0†††	315.9 ± 52.57
ESV (µl)	90.13 ± 14.45††	67.42 ± 10.47
Systolic function
SV (µl)	162.89 ± 41.27†††	248.48 ± 46.44
EF (%)	63.64 ± 7.34†	78.49 ± 2.68
CO (ml/min)	44.56 ± 10.73†	76.25 ± 10.06
Diastolic function
E (cm s−1)	63.19 ±8.621†††	81.23 ± 16.82
A (cm s−1)	46.011 ± 9.42	36.58 ± 23.7
E/A	1.4 ± 0.17†	2.22 ± 0.71

LVIDd, left ventricular internal diameter at end-diastole; LVIDs, left ventricular internal diameter at end-systole; EDV, end-diastolic volume; ESV, end-systolic volume; SV, stroke volume; EF, ejection fraction; CȮ, cardiac output; E, peak transmitral filling velocity during early diastole; A, peak transmitral filling velocity during late diastole; CON, uninjured control; SCI, spinal cord injury; Data are displayed as mean ± SD

^†††P < 0.001 vs. CON;

^††P < 0.01 vs. CON;

^†P < 0.05 vs. CON.