Table 3.

Cardiovascular, autonomic, and systemic arterial pressure evaluations of sham-operated rats and rats with left ventricle dysfunction

Groups	Vagal Effect, bpm	Vagal Tone, bpm	Sympathetic Effect, bpm	Sympathetic Tone, bpm	IHR, bpm	HR, bpm	MAP, mmHg	SAP, mmHg	DAP, mmHg
Sed-Sham	119 ± 20	70 ± 19	32 ± 13	64 ± 18	380 ± 26	343 ± 26	121 ± 10	144 ± 10	101 ± 9
RMT-Sham	119 ± 27	81 ± 27	53 ± 18	64 ± 9	381 ± 14	356 ± 19	119 ± 9	139 ± 12	101 ± 8
Sed-HF	51 ± 22a	32 ± 14b	61 ± 14c	91 ± 20d	352 ± 23	399 ± 35a	102 ± 8a	118 ± 9a	87 ± 8a
RMT-HF	82 ± 22b	43 ± 30e	45 ± 21	56 ± 19	350 ± 29	362 ± 24	119 ± 18	135 ± 18	105 ± 17

Values are means ± SD; n = 8 for all groups. IHR, intrinsic HR; SAP, systolic AP; and DAP, diastolic AP.

^aP < 0.05 compared with RMT-HF, RMT-Sham, and Sed-Sham;

^bP < 0.05 compared with RMT-Sham and Sed-Sham;

^cP < 0.05 compared with Sed-Sham;

^dP < 0.01 compared with RMT-HF, RMT-Sham, and Sed-Sham; ^b and ^eP < 0.05 compared with RMT-Sham.