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Table 2 Assessment of LV diastolic function via PW Doppler and tissue Doppler echocardiography

From: Lipoxin A4 improves cardiac remodeling and function in diabetes-associated cardiac dysfunction

 

Non-diabetic mice

Diabetic mice

Vehicle

LXA4

Vehicle

LXA4

PW Doppler and tissue Doppler echocardiography

N

12

16

8

13

Heart rate (bpm)

434 ± 9

421 ± 8

384 ± 12#

427 ± 8**

Peak E wave velocity (mm/s)

788 ± 24

760 ± 18

731 ± 38

709 ± 18

Peak A wave velocity (mm/s)

505 ± 32

467 ± 15

405 ± 21^

427 ± 10

Peak e’ velocity (mm/s)

23.9 ± 1.1

25.0 ± 0.7

23.4 ± 2.3

20.7 ± 1.3$

Peak a’ velocity (mm/s)

22.6 ± 1.1

21.4 ± 0.7

20.5 ± 0.9

21.5 ± 0.6

E/A ratio

1.62 ± 0.08

1.64 ± 0.05

1.83 ± 0.14

1.67 ± 0.06

e’/a’ ratio

1.09 ± 0.09

1.19 ± 0.05

1.15 ± 0.14

0.95 ± 0.06$

E/e’ ratio

33.7 ± 2.0

30.8 ± 1.1

32.4 ± 1.8

35.7 ± 2.1$

Deceleration time (ms)

15.4 ± 0.3

17.1 ± 0.7

26.4 ± 2.2##

21.0 ± 0.9**, $$

Isovolumetric relaxation time (ms)

14.3 ± 0.6

15.1 ± 0.6

17.1 ± 1.0#

15.1 ± 0.4*

  1. #P < 0.01, ##P < 0.0001 vs non-diabetic + vehicle; *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 vs diabetic + vehicle; $P < 0.05, $$P < 0.001 vs non-diabetic + lipoxin A4 (2-way ANOVA, Fisher’s post hoc for multiple comparisons)