Table 1.

Morphometric Data

	Sham	MI + Veh	MI + T3	MI + Met
BW (g)	266 ± 22	288 ± 20	285 ± 20	270 ± 13
HW (mg)	881 ± 93	1191 ± 201*	1345 ± 173*	1228 ± 165*
LVW (mg)	609 ± 67	771 ± 79*	848 ± 117*	755 ± 80*
HW/BW (mg/g)	3.3 ± 0.1	4.1 ± 0.5*	4.7 ± 0.4*	4.6 ± 0.7*
LVW/BW (mg/g)	2.3 ± 0.1	2.7 ± 0.2*	3.0 ± 0.3*	2.7 ± 0.3*

Values are expressed as means ± standard deviation.

^*p < 0.05 vs. sham; n = 8 for sham and n = 11 for the other three groups.

MI, myocardial infarction; Veh, vehicle; T3, triiodothyronine; Met, metoprolol; BW, body weight; HW, heart weight; LVW, left ventricle weight.