TABLE 1

Echocardiographic parameters

Parameter	Control	12 h	24 h	72 h	168 h	240 h
LVD/BW, cm/kg	2.36 ± 0.03	2.36 ± 0.12	2.37 ± 0.08	2.35 ± 0.05	2.20 ± 0.08	2.44 ± 0.10
IVS/BW, cm/kg	0.59 ± 0.01	0.65 ± 0.03	0.64 ± 0.02	0.69 ± 0.02^*	0.67 ± 0.02^*	0.74 ± 0.04^*
PW/BW, cm/kg	0.58 ± 0.02	0.65 ± 0.05	0.61 ± 0.02	0.70 ± 0.02^*	0.68 ± 0.02^*	0.75 ± 0.05^*
IVS/LVD	0.25 ± 0.01	0.22 ± 0.07	0.27 ± 0.01	0.29 ± 0.01^*	0.31 ± 0.01^*	0.32 ± 0.01^*
Ejection fraction, %	79.7 ± 1.8	81.0 ± 0.5	77.1 ± 2.6	87.5 ± 1.0^*	81.9 ± 0.9	84.5 ± 2.0
Fractional shortening, %	50.1 ± 2.0	51.2 ± 0.6	47.5 ± 2.4	59.0 ± 1.4^*	52.1 ± 1.1	55.3 ± 2.4

↵* P<0.05 compared with control