Are activated B cells involved in the process of myocardial fibrosis after acute myocardial infarction? An in vivo experiment

Table 3 Color Doppler echocardiography in 2 weeks subgroup of Sham, WT, and BKO group

Indicators	Sham	BKO	WT
LVEDd (mm)	3.70 ± 0.12	4.97 ± 0.19*^#	5.51 ± 0.19*
LVESd (mm)	1.09 ± 0.04	2.57 ± 0.06*^#	3.67 ± 0.07*
EF (%)	71.00 ± 3.34	50.33 ± 3.01*^#	36.17 ± 4.62*

WT wild-type, BKO B-cell knockout, LVEDd left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVESd left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, EF ejection fraction
^*P < 0.05, cardiac function indicators of BKO group was compared with Sham group, #P < 0.05, cardiac function indicators of BKO group was compared with WT group. Data are represented by mean ± standard deviation

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