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Table 1 Echocardiographic analysis of young and old TauTKO mice

From: Cardiac and skeletal muscle abnormality in taurine transporter-knockout mice

 

Young (5-month-old)

Old (>9-month-old)

Genotype

WT (n=3)

TauTKO (n=4)

WT (n=5)

TauTKO (n=7)

LVIDd (cm)

0.37±0.03

0.35±0.03

0.41±0.01

0.40±0.01

LVIDs (cm)

0.25±0.04

0.26±0.02

0.27±0.01

0.31±0.01

FS (%)

30.87±9.22

25.65±4.75

34.18±2.52

22.48±1.92*

  1. LVIDd; left ventricular end-diastolic internal dimension, LVIDs; left ventricular end-systolic internal dimension, FS; fractional shortening, *; p<0.01 v.s. WT.