A new calpain inhibitor protects left ventricular dysfunction induced by mild ischemia-reperfusion in in situ rat hearts

Table 1 Comparison of cardiac weights among time control, mI-R, SNJ + mI-R, and SNJ groups

	Time control (n = 5)	mI-R (n = 6)	SNJ + mI-R (n = 15)	SNJ (n = 5)
BW (g)	436 ± 30.5	319 ± 47.2*	353 ± 60.1*	388 ± 68.7
LVW (g)	0.729 ± 0.062	0.666 ± 0.078	0.676 ± 0.064	0.711 ± 0.174
RVW (g)	0.185 ± 0.021	0.164 ± 0.015	0.166 ± 0.031	0.152 ± 0.053
HW BW⁻¹	2.10 ± 0.068	2.63 ± 0.303*	2.43 ± 0.347	2.20 ± 0.172
LVW BW⁻¹	1.67 ± 0.096	2.11 ± 0.248*	1.95 ± 0.276	1.82 ± 0.138
RVW BW⁻¹	0.426 ± 0.051	0.523 ± 0.082	0.481 ± 0.109	0.383 ± 0.063

Values are mean ± SD. The sample number of SNJ + mI-R was about three times higher than the other groups because this was the most important group to evaluate the effect of SNJ on mI-R
BW body weight, LVW left ventricle weight, RVW right ventricle weight, HW heart weight, HW BW⁻¹ the ratio of HW to BW, LVW BW ⁻¹ the ratio of LVW to BW, RVW BW ⁻¹ the ratio of RVW to BW
* P < 0.05 versus time control

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