Research Article

Priming Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Endothelial Growth Medium Boosts Stem Cell Therapy for Systemic Arterial Hypertension

Table 2

Effect of stem cell treatment on heart rate variability in all three experimental groups.

Saline ()MSC ()pMSC ()

Variance (ms2)24.5 ± 3.822.3 ± 4.227.7 ± 4.1
LF (ms2)1.7 ± 0.40.4 ± 0.1.5 ± 0.4
LF (nu)13.1 ± 2.44.3 ± 0.8.2 ± 1.9
HF (ms2)7.4 ± 1.26.8 ± 1.410.7 ± 1.7
HF (nu)69.6 ± 2.971.8 ± 3.173.4 ± 2.9
LF/HF ratio0.2 ± 0.030.07 ± 0.020.13 ± 0.03

LF = low frequency power spectral density, HF = high frequency power spectral density, nu = normalized units, and versus saline.