Figure 2.
Diastolic dysfunction is evident in diabetic female but not male mice. (A) Representative echocardiography traces from pulse-wave (blood flow) Doppler imaging. (B) Representative echocardiography traces from A4C view of mitral valve tissue Doppler. (C) Ratio of flow Doppler E wave amplitude to tissue Doppler E′ wave amplitude. (D) Ratio of flow Doppler E wave to A wave amplitude. (E) Mitral valve flow Doppler deceleration time. (F) Ratio of tissue Doppler E′ wave to A′ wave amplitude. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. n = 5/group. *p < 0.05, 2-way ANOVA, annotated with LSD post hoc analyses.