Table 2.

Echocardiography findings in the control and TSN groups.

Variable	Control group (n = 50)			TSN group (n = 50)
	1 d	2 w	4 w	1 d	2 w	4 w
LVIDd	51.52 ± 5.51	50.35 ± 4.98	50.27 ± 5.07	51.63 ± 6.08	47.52 ± 5.85∗&	47.66 ± 3.74#&
LVIDs	34.82 ± 4.21	32.82 ± 4.67	32.94 ± 4.55	34.95 ± 4.38	29.85 ± 3.17∗&	29.06 ± 2.97#&
EF (%)	42.33 ± 4.07	45.12 ± 5.51	45.97 ± 5.58∗	41.82 ± 4.13	48.72 ± 4.82∗&	49.57 ± 5.03#&

^∗ p < 0.05, comparison between 1 d and 2 w; ^#p < 0.05, comparison between 1 d and 4 w; ^&p < 0.05, comparison between the control group and TSN group.