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Table 2 Echocardiographic Measurements in C57BL/6J Wildtype Mice after Cessation of Short-Term Pacing

From: Short-term pacing in the mouse alters cardiac expression of connexin43

 

Sham-Paced, 6 hr (n = 6)

Paced, 6 hr (n = 6)

IDD, mm

3.1 ± 0.13 (0.3 ± 0.1)

3.2 ± 0.18 (0.1 ± 0.2)

IDS, mm

1.8 ± 0.12 (0.2 ± 0.1)

1.9 ± 0.12 (0.1 ± 0.2)

Fractional Shortening, %

43.8 ± 1.7 (-2.3 ± 1.7)

40.6 ± 2.4 (-1.1 ± 1.2)

AWTs, mm

1.2 ± 0.09 (-0.13 ± 0.13)

1.2 ± 0.12 (0.03 ± 0.08)

AWTd, mm

0.8 ± 0.07 (-0.07 ± 0.1)

0.8 ± 0.1 (0.07 ± 0.1)

PWTs, mm

1.6 ± 0.03 (-0.43 ± 0.08)

1.4 ± 0.16 (-0.43 ± 0.29)

PWTd, mm

1.0 ± 0.05 (-0.75 ± 0.12)

1.0 ± 0.13 (-0.42 ± 0.18)

  1. Post-pacing data (and changes from pre-pacing baseline) are presented as group means ± SEM. Comparisons between groups were performed with unpaired T-tests. IDD, IDS, intraventricular dimensions at end-diastole, end-systole; AWTs, AWTd, anterior wall thicknesses at end-systole, end-diastole; PWTs, PWTd, posterior wall thicknesses at end-systole, end-diastole.
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BMC Physiology

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