Table 2.

Echocardiographic data from five Cx43+/+, sixteen Cx43+/31 and five Cx4331/31 mice at P5

Cx43+/+Cx43+/31Cx4331/31 ANOVA
Ejection fraction (%)   87±7*  78±10   65±10  P<0.05  
Vmean Aorta (cm/second)   98±21   90±12   93±16   n.s.  
Vmean Pulmonary artery (cm/second)   55±15   52±16   42±8   n.s.  
LVM/BW (mg/g)   4.0±0.3***  5.1±1.0***  6.0±0.9  P<0.001  
Cx43+/+Cx43+/31Cx4331/31 ANOVA
Ejection fraction (%)   87±7*  78±10   65±10  P<0.05  
Vmean Aorta (cm/second)   98±21   90±12   93±16   n.s.  
Vmean Pulmonary artery (cm/second)   55±15   52±16   42±8   n.s.  
LVM/BW (mg/g)   4.0±0.3***  5.1±1.0***  6.0±0.9  P<0.001  

Vmean, mean systolic velocity; LVM, left ventricular mass; BW, body weight; n.s., not significant (P>0.05).

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