Table 1 Episodes of arrhythmias and ECG parameters of male Sprague-Dawley Conventional and SPF rats after 7 days acclimation in the laboratory prior to experimentation.
From: Conventional and Specific-Pathogen Free Rats Respond Differently to Anesthesia and Surgical Trauma
Parameter | Conventional (n = 20) | SPF (n = 20) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Total Arrhythmias | 0 ± 0 | 21.55 ± 5.91 (0–87) |  < 0.001 |
PVCs | 0 ± 0 | 16.15 ± 4.48 (0–74) |  < 0.001 |
Salvos | 0 ± 0 | 3.10 ± 1.40 (0–25) | 0.014 |
Bigeminy | 0 ± 0 | 1.65 ± 0.60 (0–8) | 0.014 |
VT | 0 ± 0 | 0.65 ± 0.33 (0–4) | 0.289 |
RR (sec) | 0.20 ± 0.01 | 0.19 ± 0.01 | 0.458 |
QRS (sec) | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.994 |
QT (sec) | 0.05 ± 0.00 | 0.06 ± 0.01 | 0.114 |
QTc (sec) | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.14 ± 0.01 | 0.033 |
