Cardiovascular Protective Effects of Salvianic Acid A on db/db Mice with Elevated Homocysteine Level

Figure 2

A sample echocardiograph showing the measurement of different parameters of the left ventricle of mice. Upper part of the image showing the cardiac structure of a mouse in parasternal short-axis view at the papillary level in B-mode ultrasound; lower part of the image showing the corresponding left ventricular (LV) and interventricular septal thicknesses (IVS) and LV internal dimensions (LVID) and posterior wall thicknesses (PW) at the diastole and systole of the mice using M-mode ultrasound in a given time period. AW: anterior wall; LV: left ventricular; PW: posterior wall; LVIDd: left ventricular internal dimensions (diastole); LVIDs: left ventricular internal dimensions (systole); PWd: posterior wall thicknesses (diastole); PWs: posterior wall thicknesses (systole); IVSd: interventricular septal thicknesses (diastole); IVSs: interventricular septal thicknesses (systole).