Groups N Body weight (g) LV weight (g) LVMI (mg/g)
Sham 8 295.75± 29.58 0.68±0.06 2.25± 0.37
AMI 7 306.29± 41.43 1.02±0.11** 3.38± 0.60**
Sham-tumor 8 216.75± 28.32**▲▲ 0.49±0.04**▲▲ 2.28± 0.20▲▲
AMI-tumor 6 215.67± 34.35**▲▲ 0.57±0.09*▲▲ 2.70± 0.78▲
Table 1: The changes of LVMI. LV: Left Ventricle; LVMI: Left Ventricular Mass Index; AMI: Acute Myocardial Infarction. *P< 0.05 and **P< 0.01 vs. sham group. P< 0.05 and▲▲ P< 0 . 0 1 v s . AMI group.