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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Phys. 2019 Apr;116(4):558–565. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000919

Table 1b.

Echocardiography data from the same groups of rats 100 days after irradiation. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD).

Echocardiogram Parameters Mean ± SD
 Days 100 100 100 100
 Groups 0 Gy
n=11
0 Gy + Lis
n=5
13 Gy only
n=8
13 Gy + lis
n=9

HR (beats/min) 392±44 407±50 338±58 385±45
SV (ml) 0.49±0.11 0.51±0.10 0.40±0.10 0.33±0.12*
RV width (cm) 0.27±0.04 0.24±0.03 0.28±0.03
LVIDd (cm)& 3.37±0.39 3.54±0.23 4.12±0.79* 3.50±0.63
EDV (ml)& 3.23±0.85 3.41±0.68 3.35±1.05 2.48±1.11
IVSD (cm)& 0.77±0.09 0.80±0.17 1.12±0.20+* 1.18±0.38*
LVPWd (cm)& 0.80±0.19 0.65±0.09 1.04±0.09+* 0.99±0.20*
ESV (ml)& 0.62±0.30 0.63±0.20 0.49±0.25 0.31±0.36
LVIDs (cm)& 1.86±0.31 1.96±0.19 2.11±0.55 1.49±0.73
TAPSE 0.21±0.04 0.17±0.2 0.14±0.03*
PAT (ms) 27.05±4.22 21.34±4.57 24.95±8.05 16.53±6.72*#
ET (ms) 65.05±6.68 62.07±4.93 83.7±12,46+* 68.67±7.09#
PAT/ET 0.42±0.05 0.34±0.05 0.30±0.11 0.24±0.10*
IVRT (ms) 10.54±4.55 8.27±0.98 17.31±6.03+* 15.59±6.01
RVOT (cm) 2.52±0.43 2.64±0.36 3.73±0.51+* 2.66±0.46#
% EF 81.0±5.3 81.7±2.5 85.4±5.4 90.0±8.1*
% FS 44.8±5.3 45.2±2.6 49.6±5.4 59.1±15.2*
TR frequency 0/11 0/5 0/8 3/9

HR-heart rate, SV-stroke volume, RV width-right ventricular width, LVIDd-left ventricular internal dimension (diastole), EDV-left end diastolic volume, IVSD-inter ventricular septum diastole, LVPWd-left ventricle posterior wall (diastole), ESV-left end systolic volume, LVIDs-left ventricular internal dimension (systole), TAPSE-tricuspid annular peak systolic excursion, PAT-pulmonary acceleration time, PAT/ET- pulmonary acceleration time/ejection time, ET-ejection time, IVRT-isovolumic relaxation time, RVOT-right ventricular outflow tract, EF-ejection fraction, FS-fractional shortening, TR-tricuspid regurgitation.

&

normalized to body weight (Kg−1);

*

p<0.0083 versus nonirradiated rats at 100 days;

#

p<0.0083 versus irradiation only at 100 days;

+

p<0.0083 versus nonirradiated with lisinopril rats at 100 days.