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Table 2 Echocardiographic parameters in all groups at 18 weeks of age

From: Astragalus polysaccharide prevents heart failure-induced cachexia by alleviating excessive adipose expenditure in white and brown adipose tissue

 

Control

Model

Low dose

High dose

LVPWd (cm)

0.17 ± 0.03

0.23 ± 0.02a

0.22 ± 0.02a

0.21 ± 0.01

LVIDd (cm)

0.50 ± 0.12

0.64 ± 0.04

0.57 ± 0.10

0.54 ± 0.06

LVIDs (cm)

0.47 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.04

0.44 ± 0.06

0.45 ± 0.07

  1. LVPWd Left Ventricular Posterior Wall Dimensions, LVDd Left ventricular end-diastolic dimension, LVDs Left ventricular endsystolic dimension
  2. Values are mean ± SD. aP < 0.05 vs. Control group. n = 6 per group