Protective Effects of Sheng-Mai-San on Right Ventricular Dysfunction during Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia in Mice

Table 1

General parameters of mice (–10).

Group	Survivors/total mice	RVW, mg	RVW/HW, %
Control	10/10	45.0 ± 3.0	33.2 ± 2.4
Model	8/12	54.1 ± 2.1^#	36.7 ± 2.4
SMS1	10/11	47.5 ± 2.3	33.1 ± 1.7
SMS2	10/10	46.4 ± 1.8	34.5 ± 1.7

RVW, right ventricular weight; RVW/HW, the ratio of right ventricular weight and heart weight; SMS1, SMS-treated group (1.1 g/kg); SMS2, SMS-treated group (5.5 g/kg). Values are presented as mean ± SEM. ^# versus control.