Desipramine Pretreatment Improves Sympathetic Remodeling and Ventricular Fibrillation Threshold after Myocardial Ischemia

Table 3

TH- and GAP43-positive nerve fiber density in the infarct border zone (um²/mm², mean ± SD).

Group	TH	GAP43	TH/GAP43 (%)
Sham-operated group	12717.5±4703.0	18538.7±9415.1	68.6±9.8
Control ischemic group	126717.5±19900.3 *	153042.5±20386.8 *	82.8±11.3 *
Preischemic treatment Group	46702.5±8878.6^*☆	61121.2±4223.5^*☆	76.4 ± 12.1^*☆
Delayed application group	82472.5±17902.6^*☆#	102042.5±18943.6^*☆#	80.8±10.5 *

* 𝑃<0.05 when compared with the sham-operated group.
^☆𝑃<0.05 when compared with the control ischemic group.
^#𝑃<0.05 when compared with the preischemic treatment group.