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Table 1 Characteristics of sham-operated and AR animals at the end of the protocol

From: Sex differences in the evolution of left ventricle remodeling in rats with severe volume overload

Parameters

ShM (n = 8)

ARM (n = 11)

ShF (n = 8)

ARF (n = 11)

Body weight, g

800 ± 27

790 ± 25

480 ± 24

441 ± 22

Tibial length, mm

61 ± 0.3

61 ± 0.3

53 ± 0.2

53 ± 0.3

Heart, mg

1626 ± 45

2777 ± 114*

1059 ± 26

1801 ± 78*

Heart/BW, mg/g

2.1 ± 0.05

3.5 ± 0.10*

2.2 ± 0.08

4.2 ± 0.22*

Left ventricle, mg

1226 ± 37

2112 ± 67*

796 ± 20

1399 ± 52*

LV/BW, mg/g

1.5 ± 0.04

2.7 ± 0.08*

1.7 ± 0.07

3.2 ± 0.17*

Right ventricle, mg

300 ± 12

405 ± 20*

197 ± 7

261 ± 19*

Left atria, mg

39 ± 4

107 ± 12*

22 ± 1

58 ± 9*

Lungs, g

2.7 ± 0.18

3.0 ± 0.17

2.0 ± 0.10

2.1 ± 0.09

  1. BW body weight and LV left ventricle. Values are expressed as the mean ± SEM. Group comparisons were made using two-way ANOVA followed by Holm-Sidak post-test. *: p < 0.0001 vs. respective sham group