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Table 2 Echocardiographic findings in rabbits

From: A rabbit model of right-sided Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis created with echocardiographic guidance

Experimental design

Group A1

 

Group A2

Group A3

Group B

Group C

 

IE (8)

Non-IE (2)

IE (10)

IE (10)

None-IE (10)

None-IE (10)

LV/RV ratio (initial)state a

1.95 ± 0.39

2.10 ± 0.42

1.98 ± 0.35

2.00 ± 0.41

2.04 ± 0.36

2.23 ± 0.35

LV/RV ratio (later) state b

1.11 ± 0.35*

1.95 ± 0.50

1.21 ± 0.34*

1.04 ± 0.31*

2.11 ± 0.24

2.29 ± 0.38

VTR (m/s) (initial) state c

0.76 ± 0.45

0.45 ± 0.21

0.68 ± 0.66

0.87 ± 0.55

NA

0.52 ± 0.39

VTR (m/s) (later) state b

1.89 ± 0.46#

0.40 ± 0.14

2.04 ± 0.73#

2.24 ± 0.51#

NA

0.47 ± 0.15

Detection of vegetations

7

0

9

9

0

0

  1. state a: measured before any treatment; state b: measured at the time of death or moribundity; state c: measured at the time of catheterization; *: P < 0.01 state b vs. state a; #: P < 0.01 state b vs. state c; IE: infective endocarditis; LV: left ventricle; RV: right ventricle; V TR : peak velocity of tricuspid regurgitation.