The Change of Left Ventricular Function in Rats with Subclinical Hypothyroid and the Effects of Thyroxine Replacement

Table 3

	Control	sHT A	sHT B	sHT C	sHT + T4
LVSP (mmHg)	123.1 ± 5.93	118.43 ± 4.31^b	111.53 ± 5.97^a	106.8 ± 3.96^a	115.8 ± 4.54
LVEDP (mmHg)	16.1 ± 1.66	11.67 ± 1.67^a	8.67 ± 1.54^b	5.4 ± 1.76^a	7.9 ± 1.66
MP (mmHg)	51.77 ± 2.77	47.38 ± 1.82^a	42.96 ± 2^b	39.2 ± 1.89^a	43.87 ± 1.95
HR (beats/min)	405.8 ± 15.19	358.53 ± 18.19^a	322.87 ± 10.45^b	299.8 ± 9.95^a	332 ± 12.95

Compared with the control group; . sHT A, B, and C compared with each other; . LVSP: sHT B and sHT C compared with sHT + T4 group; . sHT A compared with sHT + T4 group; ^b. LVEDP, MP, and HR: sHT A and sHT C compared with sHT + T4 group; ^a. sHT B compared with the sHT + T4 group; ^b. LVSP: left ventricular systolic pressure; LVEDP: left ventricular end diastolic pressure; MP: mean pressure; HR: heart rate.