Table II.

Cardiac function measurement via echocardiography (n=6).

Parameter	Normal	TAC	Sham	TAC + EGCG	Vehicle	F-value	P-value
Body weight, g	38.28±0.31	39.11±0.15	38.42±0.38	38.43±0.48	38.43±0.48	2.24	0.1400
Heart rate, bpm)	465.00±4.00	468.00±3.00	464.00±54.00	462.00±3.00	461.00±1.00	2.47	0.1100
LV end diastole
AWT, mm	1.04±0.04	1.23±0.68a	1.04±0.13	1.07±0.05b	1.03±0.01	21.25	<0.0001
IVS, mm	0.83±0.15	1.02±0.16a	0.84±0.26	0.92±0.15b	0.85±0.10	44.18	<0.0001
Dimension, mm	2.92±0.72	3.29±0.29a	2.85±0.50	3.01±0.13b	2.80±0.62	15.56	<0.0001
Volume, µl	75.33±0.74	80.00±1.00a	75.81±0.75	77.80±0.12b	75.12±0.49	27.27	<0.0001
LV end systole
AWT, mm	1.43±0.04	1.88±0.03a	1.45±0.06	1.63±0.04b	1.47±0.04	65.78	<0.0001
IVS, mm	1.08±0.15	1.06±0.10	1.07±0.10	1.09±0.15	1.07±0.10	1.89	0.1900
Dimension, mm	1.12±0.03	1.43±0.03a	1.17±0.02	1.30±0.02b	1.14±0.02	48.72	<0.0001
Volume, µl	21.63±1.34	29.88±0.96a	22.81±0.71	24.78±0.77b	23.32±1.02	27.56	<0.0001
EF, %	82.33±2.52	61.00±5.29a	84.67±4.51	76.33±2.52b	84.33±4.16	18.90	<0.0001

TAC, thoracic aorta constriction; EGCG, epigallocatechin gallate; LV, left ventricular; AWT, anterior wall thickness; IVS, interventricular septum; EF, ejection fraction. Data are presented as the mean ± SD.

^aP<0.05 vs. normal;

^bP<0.05 vs. TAC.