Research Article

Myocardial Perfusion and Function Are Distinctly Altered by Sevoflurane Anesthesia in Diet-Induced Prediabetic Rats

Table 2

Myocardial dimensions after 8 weeks of diet feeding during baseline and after sevoflurane exposure.

BaselineSevoflurane
Control dietWestern dietControl dietWestern diet

Diastolic lumen diameter (mm)5.7 ± 0.65.5 ± 0.85.4 ± 0.85.5 ± 0.8
Systolic lumen diameter (mm)2.0 ± 0.42.7 ± 0.72.3 ± 0.53.4 ± 0.6
Diastolic wall thickness (mm)1.8 ± 0.11.9 ± 0.21.6 ± 0.21.9 ± 0.2
Systolic wall thickness (mm)3.3 ± 0.33.1 ± 0.43.0 ± 0.42.9 ± 0.2

Data are mean ± SD, = 9–18; two-way ANOVA with Bonferroni post hoc analyses, diet effect, sevoflurane effect.