Protective Effects of Galium verum L. Extract against Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Table 2

Effects of G. verum extract on in vivo cardiac function.

	Control	G. verum
IVSd (cm)
LVIDd (cm)
LVPWd (cm)
LVIDs (cm)
LVPWs (cm)
FS (%)

Values are shown as . Statistical significance at the level of between the control and G. verum group; IVSd = end-diastolic interventricular septal thickness; LVIDd = left ventricular internal diameter end diastole; LVPWd = left ventricular end-diastolic posterior wall thickness; LVIDs = left ventricular internal diameter end systole; LVPWs = left ventricular posterior wall thickness; FS = fractional shortening.