Values of the echocardiographic parameters at baseline and two week post-TAC.

IVST: interventricular septum thickness; LVPWT: left ventricular posterior wall thickness; LVEDd: left ventricular end diastolic dimension; LVESd: left ventricular end systolic dimension; LVM-Echo: left ventricular mass by echocardiography; LVM-Grav: left ventricular mass by gravimetry; LVMI-Grav: gravimetric left ventricular mass indexed to the body weight; BW: Body weight. Values are mean ± SEM. a: Values from independent groups of mice killed at baseline. +p<0.05, ++p<0.01, +++p<0.001, TAC vs baseline; *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, male vs female; $p<0.05, $$p<0.01, castrated vs intact (Bonferroni post hoc test).