A Heart Failure Model Established by Pressure Overload Caused by Abdominal Aortic Contraction in Rat

Table 1

Comparison of echocardiographic measurements between the two groups of rats at the end of the 5th and 10th week after operation.

Group	Time	LVPWd (mm)	IVSd (mm)	LVEDd (mm)	LVEF (%)	LVFS (%)
Sham group ()	5th week
	10th week
Operated group ()	5th week			^#	^#	^#
	10th week

: compared with the sham group. #: compared with the sham group.