Protective and Therapeutic Effects of Chinese Medicine Formula Jiajian Yunvjian on Experimental Cardiac Remodeling after Myocardial Infarction Induced by Coronary Artery Ligation

Table 2

Changes in left ventricular weight, body weight, heart weight, LVW/BW, and HW/BW at 4 weeks after coronary artery ligation ( = 10 in each group).

	Sham	CAL	JJYNJ
LVW (mg)	811.63 ± 50.66	837.80 ± 77.74	869.10 ± 62.56
HW (mg)	1048.50 ± 52.62	1098.30 ± 99.68	1114.90 ± 83.56
BW (g)	362.50 ± 19.82	349.00 ± 25.03	374.50 ± 23.1
LVW/BW (mg/g)	2.24 ± 0.09	2.40 ± 0.1	2.32 ± 0.14
HW/BW (mg/g)	2.89 ± 0.12	3.15 ± 0.2	2.98 ± 0.1

Values are expressed as means ± standard deviation; when compared to the sham; when compared to the CAL.