Table 1 Global parameters of the left ventricle in shame and MI hearts from male (M) and female (F) rats

7

7

6

6

-

61.5 ± 1.2 (57.5–63.8)

-

61.3 ± 3.9 (50.0–71.3)

560.0 ± 15.4

536.8 ± 27.2

362.5 ± 6.4^§§§

335.7 ± 21.5^†††

1476.4 ± 39.7

1461.8 ± 88.2

1214.5 ± 50.6^§

1084.2 ± 16.6^†††

1150.4 ± 33.4

1100.4 ± 55.2

935.2 ± 46.0^§§

829.5 ± 12.2^†††

326.0 ± 9.6

361.4 ± 40.5

279.3 ± 5.6

254.7 ± 18.3^†

2.06 ± 0.08

2.05 ± 0.07

2.58 ± 0.09^§

2.52 ± 0.15^†

0.78 ± 0.01

0.76 ± 0.02

0.77 ± 0.01

0.77 ± 0.01

11.06 ± 0.09

11.03 ± 0.25

9.89 ± 0.24^§

9.88 ± 0.19^††

96.9 ± 1.6

96.5 ± 4.3

78.3 ± 4.0^§

78.4 ± 3.1^†

6.33 ± 0.30

7.58 ± 0.22^*

5.82 ± 0.34

6.61 ± 0.44^†

32.9 ± 2.9

46.4 ± 2.7^*

27.9 ± 3.1

36.4 ± 4.5^†

2.31 ± 0.13

2.29 ± 0.11

1.92 ± 0.10

2.12 ± 0.21

1.75 ± 0.09

1.77 ± 0.12

1.64 ± 0.08

1.68 ± 0.11

3.67 ± 0.30

4.39 ± 0.35

3.60 ± 0.30

4.02 ± 0.44

-

1.39 ± 0.09

-

1.41 ± 0.11