Table 4.

Data recorded with PV catheter presented as mean ± SEM

Parameter	NS (n = 6)	HS (n = 5)	OVX NS (n = 4)	OVX HS (n = 3)	Effect of diet and/or OVX (a)
SW (mmHg*μL)	21,018 ± 1834	21,940 ± 4077	29,288 ± 2957	30,380 ± 3196	a
CO (μL/min)	63,840 ± 4595	65,090 ± 9424	84,635 ± 8040	98,200 ± 6715	a
SV (μL)	194 ± 10	181 ± 27	244 ± 21	255 ± 12	a
SVi (μL/g)	0.72 ± 0.05	0.74 ± 0.10	0.81 ± 0.07	0.91 ± 0.07
LVESV (μL)	78 ± 17	68 ± 4	77 ± 12	77 ± 12
LVEDV (μL)	242 ± 20	230 ± 27	286 ± 14	293 ± 10	a
Pes (mmHg)	126 ± 11	131 ± 7	133 ± 7	127 ± 11
P max (mmHg)	135 ± 12	145 ± 8	150 ± 7	141 ± 12
P ed (mmHg)	12 ± 2	16 ± 4	18 ± 4	8 ± 0.9
P min (mmHg)	7 ± 1	7 ± 3	7 ± 2	2 ± 0.8
HR (bpm)	322 ± 28	359 ± 9	347 ± 18	378 ± 23
EF (%)	77 ± 3	75 ± 3	81 ± 3	84 ± 0.2
dP/dt max (mmHg/s)	4796 ± 472	5053 ± 291	5172 ± 179	5342 ± 535
dP/dt min (mmHg/s)	−5096 ± 525	−5261 ± 256	−5550 ± 137	−5451 ± 602
dV/dt max (μL/s)	5303 ± 525	4930 ± 806	6221 ± 660	8334 ± 482	a
dV/dt min (μL/s)	−5195 ± 629	−4236 ± 651	−5195 ± 402	−6319 ± 915
Tau (msec)	12 ± 0.6	11 ± 0.9	11 ± 0.5	10 ± 0.2

i index body mass.

^a P < 0.05 when analyzed for the effect of OVX.