FIGURE 1.
Long-term volume loading induces clinical signs of RV failure and biventricular dysfunction. (A) Prevalence of clinical signs of heart failure at 6 m, rows represent individual rats, gray cells indicate the presence of a symptom, and clear cells indicate the absence of a symptom. (B) QRS duration on ECG. (C) ECG registrations prior to termination. Top two are representative examples of sinus rhythm (SR) in a control rat and a 6-m ACS rat, bottom three are the rats that demonstrated AV-block. (D-I) Summary data and representative examples (short-axis M-mode through LV) of echocardiographic examinations. (J-N) Summary data and representative examples of invasive pressure-volume analyses. * represents significantly different from control, and bar represents significantly different between ACS groups.
