Table 1.

Raw echocardiography values of rats from the different groups

	Control	IH	IH + haemin
LVIDd (mm)	8.78 ± 0.25	7.33 ± 0.23**	7.88 ± 0.21* , #
LVIDs (mm)	5.25 ± 0.2	4.69 ± 0.1**	4.78 ± 0.2*
LVPWd (mm)	1.67 ± 0.18	2.35 ± 0.1**	2.1 ± 0.11* , #
LVPWs (mm)	2.34 ± 0.2	2.69 ± 0.1**	2.59 ± 0.1*
EF (%)	74.6 ± 3.0	66 ± 2.1**	70.7 ± 2.5* , #
FS (%)	39.4 ± 1.7	33.4 ± 1.3**	36.5 ± 1.5* , #

LVIDd, left ventricular internal diameter end diastole; LVIDs, left ventricular internal diameter end systole; LVPWd, left ventricular end diastolic posterior wall dimension; LVPWs, left ventricular end systolic posterior wall dimension; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; FS, fractional shortening.

Results are expressed as mean ± SEM; n = 5~6.

*P < .05 and **P < .01 vs control, respectively; ^# P < .05 vs IH.