Table 1.
Variableb | Shams (n = 6) |
MI (n= 10) |
p valuec | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Body Wt (Kg) | 4.72 ± 0.06 | 4.42 ± 0.10 | 0.06 | |
Heart Wt (gms) | 10.32 ± 0.25 | 12.65 ± 0.80 | 0.047 | |
HT/BW | 2.22 ± 0.04 | 2.85 ± 0.16 | 0.017 | |
HT/TL | 0.092 ± .002 | 0.116 ± 0.007 | 0.02 | |
LV Wt (gms) | 6.19 ± 0.19 | 6.59 ± 0.36 | 0.43 | |
LV/BW | 1.31 ± 0.04 | 1.48 ± 0.06 | 0.05 | |
LV/TL | 0.055 ± 0.001 | 0.059 ± 0.003 | 0.34 | |
RV Wt (gms) | 1.96 ± 0.07 | 2.68 ± 0.26 | 0.05 | |
RV/BW | 0.42 ± 0.02 | 0.60 ± 0.05 | 0.02 | |
RV/TL | 0.017 + 0.001 | 0.024 + 0.002 | 0.05 |
Data presented as Mean ± SEM for Sham-operated and Myocardial Infarction (MI) Rabbits.
LV = left ventricle; RV = right ventricle; TL = Tibial Length; HT = heart; BW = body weight;
p values represent an unpaired t-test comparing Sham and MI rabbits. Graph Pad/Prism 6 Statistical Software.