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. 2021 Mar 29;22(7):3534. doi: 10.3390/ijms22073534

Table 1.

Echocardiographic analysis of control and Nmrk2 KO mice at baseline and after 2 weeks of TAC.

Cardiac Parameters Baseline TAC Day 15 ANOVA
Wt Nmrk2-KO Wt Nmrk2-KO
N 3 5 3 5
IVSThD (cm) 0.06 ± 0.006 0.06 ± 0.005 0.1 ± 0 *** 0.09 ± 0.008 ***, # i, ¶¶¶
LVEDD (cm) 0.34 ± 0.006 0.34 ± 0.028 0.35 ± 0.015 0.39 ± 0.043
LVPWThD (cm) 0.07 ± 0.006 0.08 ± 0.008 0.09 ± 0.007 0.08 ± 0.007
IVSThS (cm) 0.11 ± 0.006 0.11 ± 0.007 0.14 ± 0 * 0.12 ± 0.013 # ¶, §
LVESD (cm) 0.18 ± 0.006 0.19 ± 0.024 0.2 ± 0.017 0.27 ± 0.065
LVPWThS (cm) 0.11 ± 0.010 0.12 ± 0.008 0.14 ± 0.006 0.11 ± 0.010 ## i, §
EDV (mL) 0.1 ± 0 0.11 ± 0.023 0.11 ± 0.0 0.16 ± 0.051
ESV (mL) 0.02 ± 0 0.02 ± 0.007 0.02 ± 0.007 0.06 ± 0.041
LVEF (%) 81.7 ± 0.87 81.8 ± 2.47 80.6 ± 2.79 65.8 ± 13.98 *
FS (%) 44.5 ± 1.12 44.54 ± 2.58 43.3 ± 2.73 32.1 ± 9.54 *, #
SV (mL) 0.08 ± 0 0.09 ± 0.018 0.09 ± 0.006 0.1 ± 0.019
h/r 0.41 ± 0.021 0.42 ± 0.048 0.55 ± 0.020 * 0.44 ± 0.049 ## ¶, §
HR (bpm) 610 ± 12.4 613 ± 15.1 566 ± 12.9 541 ± 55.6
LVMI (mg/g) 2.92 ± 0.320 3.49 ± 0.441 5.01 ± 0.747 §§ 5.56 ± 1.059 ### ¶¶

Mice series related to Figure 3. Abbreviations: IVSThD and IVSThD, interventricular septum thickness, in diastole and systole, respectively LVEDD and LVESD, left ventricle (LV) end-diastolic and end-systolic diameter; LVPWTh, LV posterior wall thickness; EDV and ESV, end-diastolic and end-systolic volume; LVEF, LV ejection fraction; FS, fractional shortening; h/r, LV mean wall thickness/radius ratio; HR, heart rate in beats per minute. Two-way repeated measure ANOVA for independent samples: i, p ≤ 0.05 for the interaction effect; ¶, p ≤ 0.05; ¶¶, p ≤ 0.01; ¶¶¶ p ≤ 0.001 for the TAC effect; § p ≤ 0.05, §§ p ≤ 0.01 for the genotype effect. Post-hoc Sidak’s multiple comparison test: *, p ≤ 0.05; ***, p ≤ 0.001 TAC vs baseline within the same genotype; #, p ≤ 0.05, ##; p ≤ 0.01; ###, p ≤ 0.001, Nmrk2-KO mice vs Wt within the TAC group.