Table 2 Morphometric and echocardiographic parameter for NTg and miRNA-7 Tg mice with TAC (2 weeks).

From: Cardiac expression of microRNA-7 is associated with adverse cardiac remodeling

Morphometry

NTg

Tg (miRNA-7)

    

Sham

TAC

Sham

TAC

    

n = 10

n = 11

n = 11

n = 11

    

Heart weight (HW, mg)

125 ± 4.77

152 ± 6.98*

143 ± 5.09*

177.2 ± 10.2*#

    

Body weight (BW, g)

26.3 ± 0.95

25.9 ± 0.80

26.6 ± 0.86

24.6 ± 0.6

    

HW/BW (mg/g)

4.74 ± 0.07

5.87 ± 0.23*

5.39 ± 0.10*

7.25 ± 0.48*#

    

Echocardiography

n = 10

n = 11

n = 11

n = 11

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

Pre

Post

LVEDD (mm)

3.37 ± 0.03

3.38 ± 0.07

3.36 ± 0.03

3.60 ± 0.05*

3.49 ± 0.06

3.50 ± 0.07

3.49 ± 0.05

4.11 ± 0.09*#

LVESD (mm)

1.90 ± 0.04

1.91 ± 0.04

1.90 ± 0.05

2.02 ± 0.06*

1.97 ± 0.04

1.97 ± 0.06

1.98 ± 0.06

3.01 ± 0.08*#

PW (mm)

0.62 ± 0.02

0.64 ± 0.03

0.62 ± 0.01

0.80 ± 0.03*

0.63 ± 0.02

0.63 ± 0.02

0.62 ± 0.01

0.37 ± 0.03*#

AW (mm)

0.83 ± 0.03

0.85 ± 0.03

0.84 ± 0.05

1.11 ± 0.07*

0.88 ± 0.03

0.88 ± 0.03

0.87 ± 0.03

0.50 ± 0.03*#

FS (%)

43.6 ± 1.25

43.5 ± 2.12

43.6 ± 1.55

43.7 ± 1.02

43.4 ± 0.82

43.5 ± 1.25

43.6 ± 1.35

26.7 ± 1.35*#

EF(%)

75.9 ± 1.36

75.8 ± 2.24

75.9 ± 1.68

75.8 ± 1.17

75.6 ± 0.89

75.7 ± 1.38

75.2 ± 1.55

52.6 ± 2.12*#

  1. *p < 0.001 vs. Sham NTg, #p < 0.005 vs. NTg Sham & TAC and Tg Sham.