Table 2.

Cardiac function measurements with echocardiography (n = 6)

	Normal	TAC	TAC + Veh	TAC + AA	F value	P value
Parameters
Body weight (g)	38.57 ± 2.99	39.13 ± 4.32	38.52 ± 2.76	37.36 ± 3.46	3.51	0.17
Heart rate (bpm)	468 ± 5	476 ± 8	464 ± 5	443 ± 4	2.57	0.26
LV end diastole
LVAWT (mm)	1.02 ± 0.04	1.62 ± 0.05	1.69 ± 0.04	1.23 ± 0.05**	5.76	0.04
IVS (mm)	0.71 ± 0.03	1.02 ± 0.03*	1.05 ± 0.02	0.76 ± 0.02**	6.89	0.03
LVEDD (mm)	3.54 ± 0.05	2.58 ± 0.05*	2.67 ± 0.03	2.91 ± 0.04**	5.98	0.04
LV volume (μL)	47.88 ± 0.40	35.46 ± 0.51*	48.02 ± 0.54	38.66 ± 0.43**	6.92	0.03
LV end systole
LVAWT (mm)	1.32 ± 0.06	1.76 ± 0.04*	1.80 ± 0.02	1.42 ± 0.03**	5.39	0.04
IVS (mm)	0.99 ± 0.03	1.03 ± 0.01	1.01 ± 0.05	1.00 ± 0.02	2.15	0.28
LVESD (mm)	2.29 ± 0.02	1.67 ± 0.03*	1.58 ± 0.02	2.09 ± 0.02**	5.75	0.04
LV volume (μL)	22.54 ± 0.34	12.51 ± 0.28*	11.18 ± 0.22	19.28 ± 0.32**	5.66	0.04

AA, anacardic acid; IVS, interventricular septum; LVAWT, left ventricular anterior wall thickness; LVEDD, left ventricular end diastolic dimension; LVESD, left ventricular end systolic dimension; TAC, thoraic aorta coarctation.

^* P < 0.05 TAC vs normal group.

^** P < 0.05 TAC + AA vs TAC + Veh.