Figure 3.

Increased left ventricular dilation and depressed cardiac function in post‐partum S10F‐Hsp20 females. (A) Sample M‐mode echocardiograms of female S10F and non‐transgenic (NTG) hearts following 3 pregnancies. Analysis of (B) left ventricular end‐diastolic volume (LVEDV); (C) left ventricular end‐systolic volume (LVESV); (D) LVIDd; (E) left ventricular internal dimension at end‐diastole (LVIDs); (F) ejection fraction (EF) %; and (G) fractional shortening (FS) % in mice of the indicated groups. Values represent mean ± SEM; n = 5 for NTG and n = 7 for S10F. *: P < .05 vs NTG; **: P < .01 vs NTG