Antiapoptotic Effect of Simvastatin Ameliorates Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury

Table 1

The differences in histopathological scoring of abnormal heart changes among the four experimental groups.

	Sham		Control		Control vehicle		Simvastatin
Normal	6	100%	0	0	0	0	1	16.7%
Mild	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	66.7%
Moderate	0	0	0	0	1	16.7%	1	16.7%
Severe	0	0	4	66.7%	4	66.7%	0	0
Very severe	0	0	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	0	0
Total	6	100%	6	100%	6	100%	6	100%