Traditional Chinese Medicine Tongxinluo Improves Cardiac Function of Rats with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Table 2
Echocardiography results in each group before and after treatment.
Groups
LVEDD
LVESD
LVEF
LVFS
TXL-H
(b)
6.71 ± 0.27**
3.77 ± 0.31**
65.93 ± 5.17**
39.62 ± 4.34**
(a)
6.59 ± 0.26**
3.57 ± 0.37**,##
70.00 ± 3.98**,##
41.98 ± 3.43**,##
TXL-L
(b)
6.66 ± 0.25**
3.80 ± 0.33**
66.69 ± 3.04**
39.94 ± 1.80**
(a)
6.82 ± 0.18**
3.90 ± 0.21**
63.32 ± 3.37**
37.89 ± 2.77**
DCM-C
(b)
6.70 ± 0.38**
3.82 ± 0.37**
62.79 ± 6.07**
36.34 ± 5.05**
(a)
6.85 ± 0.40**
4.06 ± 0.34
61.57 ± 6.17
35.16 ± 5.06
NOR-C
(b)
6.05 ± 0.26
2.00 ± 0.30
90.88 ± 1.66
64.90 ± 4.00
(a)
6.15 ± 0.24
2.04 ± 0.31
91.40 ± 2.35
64.80 ± 4.62
LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic diameter; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVFS, left ventricular fractional shortening. **P < 0.01 versus the NOR-C group. ##P < 0.01 versus the DCM-C group. b: before treatment; a: after treatment.
