[Retracted] Cardiac Contractility Modulation Attenuates Chronic Heart Failure in a Rabbit Model via the PI3K/AKT Pathway

Table 1

Effects of cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) on the experimental rabbit body weight, heart weight, and heart rate (n = 27).

Group	Body weight (kg)	Heart weight (g)	Heart rate (bpm)
Control	3.2 ± 0.4^a†	121 ± 14^a	228 ± 6^a
HF	2.5 ± 0.2^c	86 ± 9^b	258 ± 11^b
CCM	2.9 ± 0.1^b	111 ± 20^a	240 ± 19^a
ANOVA
	Body weight	Heart weight	Heart rate
Treatment^‡	0.021	0.001	0.011

Data are presented as mean ± SEM and analyzed by Mixed Proc with SAS software. HF; heart failure. ^†Different letters in each column shows the significant differences at . ^‡Treatment included control, heart failure, and cardiac contractility modulation groups.