Table 1.
Parameters | Trend of Transplanted Animals Compared to | Statistical Significance |
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Cardiac output (mL/min) | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.59 |
Ejection fraction (%) | WT = similar; GAA−/− = similar | p = 0.61 |
Fractional area shortening | WT = higher; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.40 |
Fractional shortening (%) | WT = lower; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.08 |
Stroke volume (μL) | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.10 |
End diastolic volume (μL) | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.29 |
End systolic volume (μL) | WT = similar; GAA−/− = similar | p = 0.79 |
Ascending aortic diameter (mm)a | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.12 |
Descending aortic diameter (mm)a | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.16 |
Transverse aortic diameter (mm)a | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.38 |
Ascending aortic velocity (mm/s)a | WT = higher; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.06 |
Descending aortic velocity (mm/s)a | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | ∗∗p = 0.0053 |
AV peak pressurea | WT = higher; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.09 |
Early ventricular filling velocity (mm/s) | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.13 |
Late ventricular filling velocity (mm/s) | WT = lower; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.34 |
E/A | WT = higher; GAA−/− = similar | p = 0.37 |
LV mass | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | ∗p = 0.014 |
Aortic root | WT = similar; GAA−/− = lower | p = 0.13 |
LV posterior wall thickness (mm) diastole | WT = similar ; GAA−/− = lower | ∗p = 0.022 |
Interventricular septum (mm) diastole | WT = similar ; GAA−/− = similar/lower | p = 0.51 |
LV internal dimension (mm) diastole | WT = similar ; GAA−/− = similar | p = 0.83 |
E/A, E wave/A wave; LV, left ventricle.
Missing value