Echo Indices in Rats Following Acute MI.

Table 1: Echo Indices in Rats Following Acute MI.

Echo Indices	Treatment	Pre-MI	4 weeks after MI
LV diastolic diameter (cm)
	Ribose	0.64 ± 0.04	0.76 ± 0.07^*
	Control	0.68 ± 0.03	0.94 ± 0.07
LV systolic diameter (cm)
	Ribose	0.39 ± 0.06	0.64 ± 0.09^*
	Control	0.40 ± 0.03	0.95 ± 0.07
Septal diastolic thickness (cm)
	Ribose	0.13 ± 0.02	0.12 ± 0.02
	Control	0.12 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01
Posterior wall diastolic thickness (cm)
	Ribose	0.13 ± 0.02	0.13 ± 0.03^*
	Control	0313 ± 0.03	0.10 ± 0.01
Ejection fraction (EF) (cm)
	Ribose	76.4 ± 5.9	49.1 ± 9.4^*
	Control	76.3 ± 2.3	31.2 ± 4.8
Shortening fraction (SF) %
	Ribose	38.6 ± 5.3	19.6 ± 6.1^*
	Control	38.9 ± 2.1	10.7 ± 1.1
Note:
^*p < 0.05 vs. control

Adapted from Befera, et al. [32].