Additional Effects of Back-Shu Electroacupuncture and Moxibustion in Cardioprotection of Rat Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury

Table 2

Results of transthoracic echocardiography.

Group		LVEF (%)	LVFS (%)	LVIDd (mm)	LVIDs (mm)	EDV (mL)	ESV (mL)
Control	7	74.91 ± 8.30	39.56 ± 7.80	6.77 ± 0.65	4.13 ± 0.85	0.72 ± 0.18	0.19 ± 0.09
Placebo	7	56.73 ± 3.89^#	25.98 ± 2.41^#	7.32 ± 0.84	5.42 ± 0.66	0.73 ± 0.34	0.39 ± 0.13
EA	7	69.03 ± 3.68	34.23 ± 2.83	7.05 ± 0.76	4.64 ± 0.55	0.81 ± 0.24	0.25 ± 0.08
EA + B	7	67.87 ± 4.19	33.49 ± 3.03	7.57 ± 0.79	5.03 ± 0.56	0.98 ± 0.28	0.31 ± 0.09
EA + B + M	7	67.72 ± 11.21	33.93 ± 7.26	7.65 ± 0.43	5.05 ± 0.62	1.00 ± 0.16	0.32 ± 0.12

Values are mean ± SE. EA, electroacupuncture group; EA + B, electroacupuncture + back-shu electroacupuncture group; EA + B + M, electroacupuncture + back-shu electroacupuncture + moxibustion group. , number of rats in each group; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; LVFS, left ventricular fractional shortening; LVIDd, left ventricular internal diameters in diastole; LVIDs, left ventricular internal diameters in systole; EDV, end diastolic volume; ESV, end systolic volume. ^# versus the control group. versus the placebo group.