MicroRNA-208a Dysregulates Apoptosis Genes Expression and Promotes Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis during Ischemia and Its Silencing Improves Cardiac Function after Myocardial Infarction

Table 2

Mean echocardiographic parameters at 7 and 28 days after MI.

	LVIDd	LVIDd	LVIDs	LVIDs	EF	EF	FS	FS
	7 days	28 days	7 days	28 days	7 days	28 days	7 days	28 days
Sham	2.32 ± 0.32	2.82 ± 0.26	1.15 ± 0.15	1.54 ± 0.11	86.6 ± 1.14	82.6 ± 2.3	49.6 ± 1.14	45 ± 2.45
Antagomir	3.68 ± 0.33	3.96 ± 0.41	2.36 ± 0.37	2.59 ± 0.42	72.5 ± 6.19	71.0 ± 5.60	36.0 ± 4.55	35.0 ± 4.2
Control	3.6 ± 0.2	4.07 ± 0.56	2.5 ± 0.26	3.04 ± 0.69	64.8 ± 6.76	53.4 ± 8.79	30.8 ± 4.44	23.6 ± 4.72

LVIDd: left ventricular internal diameter diastole; LVIDs: left ventricular internal diameter systole; EF: ejection fraction; FS: fractional shortening; compared to controls.