Table 2.

Additional parameters obtained by echocardiography

	Sham	PAB	AOB	Sham	PAB	AOB
	7 weeks	7 weeks	7 weeks	22–26 weeks	22 weeks	26 weeks
	(n = 14)	(n = 14)	(n = 14)	(n = 20)	(n = 10)	(n = 10)
LVEDD (mm)	6.44 ± 0.06	6.73 ± 0.04	6.47 ± 0.05	6.62 ± 0.09	5.79 ± 0.12 *	8.73 ± 0.08 * , §§
RVEDD (mm)	2.51 ± 0.15	2.22 ± 0.21	2.10 ± 0.09	2.43 ± 0.18	5.85 ± 0.23 **	2.81 ± 0.14 §§
LVPWT (mm)	1.35 ± 0.11	1.27 ± 0.04	1.72 ± 0.08 * , §	1.42 ± 0.16	1.45 ± 0.12	2.01 ± 0.13 * , §
IVSD (mm)	0.95 ± 0.03	1.02 ± 0.04	1.13 ± 0.02 *	0.98 ± 0.02	1.25 ± 0.09 * , †	1.64 ± 0.04 ** , §
RVWTD (mm)	0.30 ± 0.02	0.42 ± 0.05 *	0.33 ± 0.04	0.33 ± 0.04	0.52 ± 0.06 ** , †	0.35 ± 0.03 §§
LV SV (μL)	143.4 ± 9.9	145.1 ± 6.3	181.7 ± 15.2 * , §	151.2 ± 8.5	148.6 ± 8.2	121.7 ± 12.1 * , † , §
LV CO (mL/min)	46.7 ± 1.2	46.2 ± 1.9	58.6 ± 2.5 * , §	47.4 ± 0.9	47.8 ± 3.3	33.9 ± 1.2 ** , †† , §

AOB, ascending aortic banding; PAB, pulmonary artery banding.

Echocardiographic evaluation of LVEDD (left ventricular end‐diastolic diameter), RVEDD (right ventricular end‐diastolic diameter), LVPWT (left ventricular posterior wall thickness in diastole), IVSD (interventricular septum in diastole), RVWTD (right ventricular wall thickness in diastole), LV SV (stroke volume = left ventricular end‐diastolic − left ventricular end‐systolic volume), and LV CO (cardiac output = stroke volume × heart rate).

^* P < 0.05.

^** P < 0.01 vs. respective age‐matched sham.

^† P < 0.05.

^†† P < 0.01 vs. respective 7 week animals.

^§ P < 0.05.

^§§ P < 0.01 vs. respective age‐matched PAB animals.