The Effect and Mechanism of Chinese Herbal Formula Sini Tang in Heart Failure after Myocardial Infarction in Rats

Table 1

LV function in rats eight weeks post-HF.

Group		LVEF	LVFS	LVAWd	LVAWs	LVIDd	LVIDs
Sham operation	10	72.97 ± 6.77	44.17 ± 6.35	0.80 ± 0.13	0.98 ± 0.12	8.47 ± 1.23	4.77 ± 1.05
Heart Failure	10	29.38 ± 5.12	14.57 ± 2.71	0.61 ± 0.10	0.72 ± 0.12	9.58 ± 1.44	8.20 ± 1.34
Benazepril	10	52.46 ± 10.59	28.65 ± 7.11	0.79 ± 0.11	0.97 ± 0.12	9.17 ± 1.56	6.63 ± 1.62
High dose of SNT	10	55.22 ± 8.67	29.94 ± 5.39	0.85 ± 0.10	0.94 ± 0.12	7.54 ± 2.03	5.36 ± 1.82^#
Medium dose of SNT	10	53.03 ± 2.75	28.77 ± 1.80	0.85 ± 0.13	1.09 ± 0.17	9.59 ± 1.50	6.83 ± 1.13
Low dose of SNT	10	43.80 ± 5.65	23.09 ± 3.48	0.84 ± 0.06	1.06 ± 0.09	10.62 ± 1.38	8.16 ± 1.13

LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LVFS: left ventricular fractional shortening; LVAWd: left ventricular end-diastolic anterior wall thickness; LVAWs: left ventricular end-systolic anterior wall thickness; LVIDd: left ventricular end-diastolic inner diameter; LVIDs: left ventricular end-systolic inner diameter; versus Sham operation group; versus Heart Failure group.