cardiovascular system
• 27% increase I left ventricle to body weight ratio at 12 weeks of age on average
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• most mice show enlarged hearts at 3-4 months of age
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• a 22% increase in heart weight to body weight ratio on average
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• decrease in fractional shortening and velocity of circumferential shortening in 3-4 month old mice
• +dP/dt responses to pacing are blunted in hearts
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• dP/dt responses to pacing are blunted in hearts
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• echocardiography of 3-4 month old mice shows a 14% increase in left ventricular end diastolic diameter and 31% increase in left ventricular end systolic diameter in 3-4 month old mice, a 20% increase in left ventricular mass, and decreased fractional shortening and velocity of circumferential shortening
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• sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium uptake is decreased in ventricles from 3-4 month old mice
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muscle
• decrease in fractional shortening and velocity of circumferential shortening in 3-4 month old mice
• +dP/dt responses to pacing are blunted in hearts
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• dP/dt responses to pacing are blunted in hearts
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growth/size/body
• most mice show enlarged hearts at 3-4 months of age
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• a 22% increase in heart weight to body weight ratio on average
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