Table 1.

Echocardiographic values of the control, BM-MSC, and CPC groups at baseline and 4 weeks after myocardial infarction.

	CTRL		BM-MSC		CPC		p values∗
	(n = 10)		(n = 10)		(n = 10)		ANOVA	Control vs. BM-MSC	Control vs. CPC	BM-MSC vs. CPC
	Baseline	Final∗	Baseline	Final∗	Baseline	Final∗
AWd	1.55 ± 0.02	1.05 ± 0.04	1.48 ± 0.08	1.01 ± 0.02	1.47 ± 0.02	1.02 ± 0.03
LVd	5.79 ± 0.06	7.43 ± 0.24	5.36 ± 0.22	6.94 ± 0.18	5.94 ± 0.10	7.02 ± 0.21
PWd	1.46 ± 0.04	1.62 ± 0.06	1.45 ± 0.09	1.40 ± 0.10	1.42 ± 0.04	1.33 ± 0.05	0.0441		0.0035
AWs	2.36 ± 0.04	1.37 ± 0.06	2.32 ± 0.11	1.33 ± 0.03	2.32 ± 0.04	1.45 ± 0.09
LVs	3.35 ± 0.04	5.70 ± 0.24	3.15 ± 0.13	5.25 ± 0.18	3.48 ± 0.05	4.99 ± 0.15			0.0174
PWs	2.02 ± 0.05	2.08 ± 0.11	2.03 ± 0.05	2.01 ± 0.10	2.11 ± 0.10	1.83 ± 0.08
EDA	31.28 ± 0.76	45.10 ± 1.74	29.09 ± 1.25	39.40 ± 1.73	30.79 ± 0.70	42.64 ± 2.27
ESA	8.55 ± 0.51	30.04 ± 1.85	8.44 ± 0.43	26.09 ± 1.10	8.10 ± 0.29	25.76 ± 1.68
FAC	72.64 ± 1.47	32.72 ± 1.92	71.40 ± 0.92	34.76 ± 1.12	73.69 ± 0.66	41.59 ± 1.92	0.0114		0.0024	0.0089
FS	42.13 ± 0.56	23.52 ± 1.24	40.90 ± 0.76	24.51 ± 1.33	41.37 ± 0.64	29.27 ± 1.08	0.0103		0.0039	0.0232
AWT	34.14 ± 1.19	22.93 ± 0.91	36.35 ± 1.43	23.22 ± 1.13	36.63 ± 1.07	28.60 ± 1.58	0.0219		0.0173	0.0351

Abbreviations: AWd: anterior wall diastole thickness; AWs: anterior wall systole thickness; AWT: anterior wall thickening; CPCs: cardiac progenitor/stem cells; CTRL: control; EDA: end-diastolic area; ESA: end-systolic area; FAC: fractional area change; FS: fractional shortening; LVd: left ventricular diastole internal dimension; LVs: left ventricular systole internal dimension; BM-MSCs: bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells; PWd: posterior wall diastole thickness; PWs: posterior wall systole thickness. All values are mean ± SEM. AWd, LVd, PWd, AWs, LVs, and PWs are expressed in mm, whereas EDA and ESA are expressed in mm². FS, FAC, and AWT are expressed as percentage.