Table 2 Echocardiographic measurements (M-mode) in gck ^w/– and gck ^w/w mice (n = 3)

LVID;d

2.55 ± 0.15^*

2.06 ± 0.16^#

2.54 ± 0.15^*

2.50 ± 0.12^*

LVPW;d

0.84 ± 0.10^*

1.03 ± 0.06^#

1.27 ± 0.10^#*

1.08 ± 0.07^#

LVID;s

1.15 ± 0.05^*

0.84 ± 0.08^#

0.86 ± 0.07^*

0.89 ± 0.11^*

LVPW;s

1.14 ± 0.14^*

1.54 ± 0.17^#

1.90 ± 0.09^#*

1.74 ± 0.03^#*

LVAW;d

0.93 ± 0.09

0.83 ± 0.21

1.19 ± 0.09^#*

0.94 ± 0.06

LVAW;s

1.12 ± 0.42

1.48 ± 0.15

1.76 ± 0.05^*

1.48 ± 0.39

%EF

86.87 ± 1.97

90.62 ± 2.31

94.08 ± 1.23^*

93.23 ± 2.07^*

%FS

54.49 ± 2.58

59.31 ± 3.52

66.19 ± 2.59^#*

64.61 ± 4.01^#*