Physiological parameters.

Body weight (BW), heart weight, heart weight corrected by BW, Myocardial extension, lung wet/dry ratio, left ventricular fraction shortening (LVFS), left ventricular end-systolic diameter (LVESD), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD), interventricular septum at systole (IVSS), interventricular septum at diastole (IVSD), left ventricular posterior wall at systole (LVPWS), left ventricular posterior wall at diastole (LVPWD) and heart rate under anesthesia (HR) of Sham and MI groups. Data presented as mean ± SEM. Statistical significance are presented in p value column, indicates p≤0.05. The number of animals used in each analysis is shown within parentheses.