Table 3 Arteriolar diameter, numerical density, length density, volume densities, and the degree of arteriolar tortuosity in the left ventricle of shame and MI hearts from male (M) and female (F) rats

7

15.7 ± 0.6

20.4 ± 1.3

54.6 ± 2.3

2.7 ± 0.1

1.22 ± 0.16

7

16.4 ± 0.4

22.2 ± 1.4

66.8 ± 4.8^*

3.0 ± 0.1

1.55 ± 0.15

6

19.5 ± 0.7^§§§

6.9 ± 0.3^§§§

18.6 ± 1.6^§§§

2.7 ± 0.2

0.62 ± 0.03^§

6

17.0 ± 0.4^*

9.3 ± 0.8^†††

23.7 ± 2.2^*†††

2.6 ± 0.2

0.63 ± 0.06^††

7

15.7 ± 0.3

17.5 ± 1.4

41.9 ± 1.6

2.4 ± 0.1

0.96 ± 0.05

7

16.2 ± 0.3

21.2 ± 1.9

53.6 ± 5.7^*

2.5 ± 0.1

1.38 ± 0.11^*

6

17.9 ± 0.5^§§

11.0 ± 1.1^§

25.8 ± 1.4^§§

2.4 ± 0.2

0.84 ± 0.09

6

16.8 ± 0.6

8.9 ± 0.9^†††

23.0 ± 2.2^†††

2.6 ± 0.1

0.61 ± 0.12^†††