Research Article

Concomitant Administration of Different Doses of Simvastatin with Ivabradine Influence on PAI-1 and Heart Rate in Normo- and Hypercholesterolaemic Rats

Table 1

Total cholesterol (TCH), HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglycerides (TGs) (mean ± SD) in rats fed normocholesterolaemic diet (mmol/l).

TCHHDLLDLTGs

K_N ( 𝑛 = 1 0 )1,48 ± 0,120,38 ± 0,09 0,95 ± 0,290,32 ± 0,13
IW_N ( 𝑛 = 9 )1,11 ± 0,030,34 ± 0,08 0,65 ± 0,17 0,25 ± 0,08
S1_N ( 𝑛 = 1 0 )1,34 ± 0,210,57 ± 0,05* 0,56 ± 0,14*0,46 ± 0,14
S20_N ( 𝑛 = 7 )1,39 ± 0,140,69 ± 0,14* 0,44 ± 0,09* 0,56 ± 0,18
IW_N_S1 ( 𝑛 = 6 )1,53 ± 0,140,64 ± 0,15* 0,61 ± 0,09* 0,62 ± 0,26
IW_N_S20 ( 𝑛 = 8 )1,37 ± 0,120,56 ± 0,18* 0,59 ± 0,10*0,48 ± 0,15

K_N: normocholesterolaemic control group, IW_N: normocholesterolaemic group receiving ivabradine, S1_N: normocholesterolaemic group receiving simvastatin at a dose of 1 mg × kg−1 bw, S20_N: normocholesterolaemic group receiving simvastatin at a dose of 20 mg × kg−1 bw, IW_N_S1: normocholesterolaemic group receiving ivabradine and simvastatin at a dose of 1 mg × kg−1 bw, IW_N_S20: normocholesterolaemic group receiving ivabradine and simvastatin at a dose of 20 mg × kg−1 bw 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 as compared to the control group.