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Table 1 comparison of baseline heart rat, wall motion amplitude (WMA), myocardial wall velocity in systole (MWVs) and myocardial wall velocity in diastole (MWVd) at 22°C in Golden zebrafish embryos 2 to 5-days post-fertilisation (Values are mean ± (SD))

From: Systolic and diastolic ventricular function in zebrafish embryos: Influence of norepenephrine, MS-222 and temperature

 

2 days (n = 6)

3 days (n = 8)

4 days (n = 7)

5 days (n = 6)

ANOVA

Heart rate (bpm)

141 ± 14.2

147.2 ± 20.9

165.90 ± 16.8

171.5 ± 12.9

<0.001

MWVs (μm/s)

195.4 ± 54.3

207.6 ± 61.6

264.6 ± 75.7

275.6 ± 154.6

0.03

WMA (μm)

17.6 ± 4.4

18.2 ± 4.5

26.7 ± 7.4

24.6 ± 4.7

0.01

MWVd (μm/s)

262.2 ± 101.9

268.9 ± 108.2

402.8 ± 133.7

345.8 ± 95.0

0.09