The Effects of Diabetes Induction on the Rat Heart: Differences in Oxidative Stress, Inflammatory Cells, and Fibrosis between Subendocardial and Interstitial Myocardial Areas

Table 2

Transthoracic echocardiography performed after 8 weeks in CT and DM groups.

	CT	DM
	()	()
LVID (mm/mg)	17.7 ± 0.4	23.4 ± 0.6^†
LVIS (mm/mg)	11.0 ± 0.3	14.2 ± 0.4^†
LVEDV (mL/mg)	1.2 ± 0.06	1.4 ± 0.12
LVESV (mL/mg)	1.24 ± 0.06	1.43 ± 0.12
ISVTh (mm/mg)	3.2 ± 0.2	4.3 ± 0.3^#
PWTh (mm/mg)	3.1 ± 0.2	4.3 ± 0.2^#
RWTh (mm/mg)	0.36 ± 0.02	0.37 ± 0.03
LV mass (mg/mg^2)	17.5 ± 0.9	20.2 ± 1.2
E/A waves	1.4 ± 0.1	1.9 ± 0.2*
IVRT (mseg)	39.2 ± 1.7	34.1 ± 2.5*
DT (mseg)	40.8 ± 3.6	50.3 ± 5.0
EF (%)	73.3 ± 1.1	74.5 ± 1.8
SF (%)	38.0 ± 1.2	39.0 ± 2.0

LVID: left ventricular end-diastolic internal dimension; LVIS: left ventricular end-systolic internal dimension; LVEDV: left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVESD: left ventricular end-systolic volume; IVSTh: interventricular septum thickness; PWTh: posterior wall thickness; RWTh: relative wall thickness; DT: deceleration time of E wave; IVRT: isovolumetric relaxation time; EF: ejection fraction; SF: shortening fraction. ; ^#; ^† versus CT.