Effects of Total Flavone from Rhododendron simsii Planch. Flower on Postischemic Cardiac Dysfunction and Cardiac Remodeling in Rats

Figure 2

Effects of TFR on the cardiac function after MI in rats. (a) M-mode echocardiographic images for each group before and after drug administration. (b) Effect of TFR on parameters of cardiac function. LVIDd: left ventricular internal dimension at diastole; LVIDs: left ventricular internal dimension at systole; LVFS: left ventricular fractional shortening; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVPWd: left ventricular posterior wall thickness at diastole; LVPWs: left ventricular posterior wall thickness at systole. Data are presented as the mean ± SEM. and , compared with the sham group; and , compared with the model group.

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