Qiliqiangxin Enhances Cardiac Glucose Metabolism and Improves Diastolic Function in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Figure 1

Left ventricular diastolic function assessed by transmitral pulsed-wave Doppler imaging and tissue Doppler imaging at the level of lateral mitral annulus from apical 4-chamber view. Maximal flow velocities of the early ()/late () waves and maximal tissue velocity of early ()/late () diastolic waves were recorded correspondingly. QL improved diastolic function in SHR, as illustrated by increased ratio instead of ratio.