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Table 1 Assessment of cardiac function in control and heart failure (HF) rats

From: Altered intracellular Ca2+ regulation in chronic rat heart failure

 

Control (sham)

HF

Number

10

15

BW (g)

229.1 ± 9.2

231.7 ± 9.6

HW/BW (mg/g)

3.25 ± 0.29

6.87 ± 0.36**

HR (beats/min)

405 ± 14

425 ± 21*

LVEDP (mmHg)

4.8 ± 1.5

8.3 ± 2.2**

dp/dt max (mmHg/s)

4,554.79 ± 203. 26

2,001.54 ± 210.02**

dp/dt min (mmHg/s)

−2,516.23 ± 231.87

−1,740.48 ± 229.15**

  1. BW Body weight, HW heart weight, HR heart rate, LVEDP left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, dp/dtmax maximum change in systolic pressure over time, dp/dtmin maximum change in the rate of relaxation over time
  2. Data are presented as mean ± SEM. 1 mmHg = 0. 133 kPa
  3. ** P < 0.01 HF versus control, *P < 0.05 HF versus control
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The Journal of Physiological Sciences

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