BioMed Research International

Research Article

Long-Term Left Ventricular Remodelling in Rat Model of Nonreperfused Myocardial Infarction: Sequential MR Imaging Using a 3T Clinical Scanner

Table 1

LV global parameters.
 Week 2Week 4
GroupShamMIShamMI
EDV (μL) 4 2 5 . 6 ± 2 2 . 4 4 8 7 . 5 ± 5 6 . 1 4 4 3 . 2 ± 1 8 . 2 6 2 4 . 4 ± 6 2 . 6 ∗ , †
ESV (μL) 1 0 4 . 0 ± 8 . 9 1 8 9 . 0 ± 2 1 . 5 ∗ 1 2 1 . 0 ± 8 . 6 2 9 8 . 6 ± 4 0 . 9 ∗ , †
SV (μL) 3 2 2 . 0 ± 1 5 . 7 2 9 8 . 5 ± 3 5 . 9 3 2 2 . 2 ± 1 2 . 2 3 2 5 . 9 ± 2 8 . 6
CO (mL/minute) 1 1 2 . 0 ± 7 . 2 1 0 5 . 2 ± 1 1 . 6 1 1 9 . 0 ± 5 . 2 1 2 3 . 2 ± 1 2 . 0
EF (%) 7 5 . 7 ± 1 . 2 6 1 . 1 ± 1 . 6 ∗ 7 2 . 8 ± 1 . 2 5 2 . 8 ± 2 . 7 ∗ , †
True heart weight (g) 1 . 2 ± 0 . 1 1 . 5 ± 0 . 1 1 †
LVM by MRI (mg) 6 0 0 ± 2 0 . 9 6 6 4 . 2 ± 2 6 . 7 ∗ 6 1 5 . 2 ± 1 0 . 2 7 1 2 . 1 ± 1 6 . 2 ∗ , †
∗ 𝑃 < 0.05 versus week 2 sham, † 𝑃 < 0.05 versus week 4 sham.