Research Article

Adaptive Autophagy Offers Cardiorenal Protection in Rats with Acute Myocardial Infarction

Table 1

Hemodynamic changes in the heart of rats after AMI.

Week 2Week 4
ShamModelShamModel

LVSP149.2 ± 8.2108.7 ± 9.6170.4 ± 5.2129.6 ± 4.5
LVEDP−3.4 ± 4.35.5 ± 3.3−9.5 ± 1.031.3 ± 5.5
+dP/dt max5495.0 ± 349.42865.2 ± 259.56209.5 ± 233.22418.0 ± 213.0
-dP/dt max−4618.5 ± 331.8−2526.3 ± 249.5−5292.6 ± 247.8−2405.4 ± 126.4

; , model compared with sham. , model of 2 weeks compared with 4 weeks. LVSP, left ventricular systolic pressure; LVEDP, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; ±dp/dtmax, maximum rate of pressure rise/drop in the left ventricle. Data are expressed as the mean ± SEM (n = 6).