Figure 4From: Impaired cardioprotective function of transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells from patients with diabetes mellitus to rats with experimentally induced myocardial infarctionEvaluation of myocardial function. Ejection fraction EF (A) and fractional shortening FS (B) were not significantly changed in any of the three groups at 1 week post infarction. However, EF and FS increased significantly in CAD+DM and CAD groups after MSC transplantation. EF and FS were significantly lower in the CAD+DM group than in the CAD group after 4 weeks. (*P < 0.05 CAD+DM and CAD groups compared with control group, #P < 0.05 CAD+DM group compared with CAD group).Back to article page